Innovations in Public Engagement is a public outreach program developed by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) — which...
Blog
Mary Buchanan Receives 2018 Mortensen-Voorhees Award
Mary Buchanan is the 2018 recipient of the Mortensen-Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies. Mary will be joining the research...
Daniel Sperling to Speak at Voorhees Distinguished Lecture
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy present The Alan M. Voorhees...
Ph.D. candidate Sicheng Wang receives APA Transportation Planning Grant
Ph.D. Candidate for the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Sicheng Wang received an American Planning Association (APA) Transportation...
VTC at TRB 2018!
Please join VTC faculty, staff, and students at the following 97th TRB Annual Meeting sessions, workshops, and events. Sunday, January...
VTC’s Jon Carnegie and Martin Robins Appointed to Governor-Elect’s Transition Team!
VTC Executive Director Jon Carnegie and VTC Director Emeritus Martin Robins were both appointed by Governor-Elect Philip Murphy to join his...
Plainfield School District Travel Plan Wins APA Outstanding Student Project Award
On Monday October 30, 2017, VTC’s Leigh Ann Von Hagen and Sean Meehan, together with partners from the Plainfield Public School District and the...
Mobility equity: New law inspired by CAIT research should benefit autistic adults
In May 2017, Governor Chris Christie signed legislation that takes an important step toward meeting the transportation needs of New Jersey citizens...
Transit Industry Training Needs Assessment
VTC Director Bob Noland together with Marc Weiner, Stephanie DiPetrillo, Andrea Lubin, and Sean Meehan have begun work on an assessment of the...
NJTIP @ Rutgers Assists Bus and Rail Riders to Get Going on Transit!
Get Going on Transit!, an experiential transit education program coordinated by NJTIP @ Rutgers, was conducted in New Brunswick on Thursday July 27,...
Recent Publications
Impacts of standardizing school start time on children and household workers – An examination with NHTS data
Abstract Due to demonstrated health, safety, and performance benefits to children from delayed school start time, academics and government agencies in the United States are increasingly insisting on starting schools at or after 8:30 AM – the time recommended by the...
Benchmarking Gentrification near Commuter Rail Stations in New Jersey
Abstract: Predictions in recent studies that an increasingly large number of households will locate near rail stations because of changing lifestyles and perceptions of younger generations should be a reason for concern for transportation planners as excessively high...
What do Planning Professionals, Police and Pedestrians in General Think about Distracted Driving and Walking?
Abstract Issues that relate to distracted driving and walking are discussed by presenting results from a survey of planning professionals, police officers, and pedestrians in New Jersey. The pedestrian intercept survey was completed by 788 individuals, while the...
Improving Pathways to Transit for Persons with Disabilities
Abstract Persons with disabilities can achieve a greater degree of freedom when they have full access to a variety of transit modes, but this can only be achieved when the pathways to transit – the infrastructure and conditions in the built environment – allow full...