The recipient of the 2016 Bartlett Award is Robert. E. Skinner, Jr., former Executive Director of the Transportation Research Board. Mr. Skinner is...
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VTC @ TRB 2017
Please join VTC faculty and staff at the following 96th TRB Annual Meeting sessions, workshops, and events. Trevor Hanson, Andrea Lubin...
Bloustein Transportation Students Receive Scholarships
The American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) recently announced that Bloustein School Masters in City and Regional Planning (MCRP)...
Transportation Pride
Julene Paul Receives 2016 Mortensen-Voorhees Award
Julene Paul is the 2016 recipient of the Mortensen/Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies. Julene focused her studies on the...
VTC selected for 2016 APA-NJ Annual Planning Awards
2016 American Planning Association - New Jersey Chapter Awardees are announced! Congratulations to the following award winning projects led...
Public Engagement Focus Groups
Rutgers University researchers want to talk to New Jersey residents about their experience and concerns with transportation in our area, such as...
VTC at TRB 2016
VTC at TRB January 10-14, 2016 Please join VTC faculty and staff at the 2016 Transportation Research Board at the following...
Connect to Transit – Free Seminar from NJTIP
NTIP@Rutgers is offering a free seminar to teach professionals, volunteers and community members who work with older adults and people with...
2015 New Jersey Complete Streets Summit
The 2015 New Jersey Complete Streets Summit brought together over 250 planners, engineers, advocates, and policy-makers from throughout the state to...
Recent Publications
Detour to the Right Place: A Study with Recommendations for Addressing the Transportation Needs and Barriers of Adults on the Autism Spectrum in New Jersey
Abstract Explore the final report prepared by CAIT's Cecilia Feeley and VTC's Deva Deka and Andrea Lubin that explores and documents transportation needs and barriers of NJ adults on the Autism Spectrum in Detour to the Right Place. This report was prepared with...
A Longitudinal Analysis of Cars, Transit, and Employment Outcomes
How does access to particular types of transportation influence individuals’ economic outcomes? And do typical “snapshot” approaches to research overlook variations in car ownership over time? Ongoing economic development strategies, and the policies that create them,...
Factors Associated with Disability Paratransit’s Travel Time Reliability
Abstract This paper identifies some of the characteristics of trips and pick-up and drop-off locations that are associated with paratransit's travel time reliability. Following convention, reliability has been defined as the inverse of variability. Four measures of...
The Social Context of Travel
Abstract The authors examine how the social context of a neighborhood can influence activity and travel patterns. Specifically, the authors explore the travel patterns of those living in “neighborhoods of affinity,” where members of a group with strong social ties...