The report provides a comprehensive summary of the bicycle environment at the municipal level throughout the state, using extensive data from 60 municipalities as a baseline.
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2011 Pedestrian Safety Tracking Report (2012)
This report is intended to extend and update the information provided in the 2010 Pedestrian Safety Tracking Report. Data presented in this report...
Coordinating School and Public Transportation
As tax relief and aid diminish each year while transportation costs rise, New Jersey school districts are under increasing pressure to consolidate,...
More Than Crossing Streets
Research on the state of the school crossing guard training and working conditions in New Jersey led to the development of current best practices in...
Confronting School Bus Cuts
School districts throughout New Jersey are forced to make budget cuts, and transportation particularly courtesy busing or non state-mandated busing,...
The 3’ Law: Lessons Learned from a National Analysis of State Policies and Interviews (2012)
Due to the significant number of bicyclist fatalities and injuries that occur as a result of accidents with motorists, bicyclists in many states,...
Can I Bicycle to School?
School policies play an important role in determining how students get to and from school each day. However, information on the consistency and...
Pedestrian Safe Corridors Memorandum (2011)
This memorandum contains a brief analysis of the pedestrian crashes pre- and post-improvement along three corridors in New Jersey: downtown Newark...
Bicycle Activity and Attitudes Survey Summary report (2011)
The Bicycle Activity and Attitudes Survey was a random-digit dialing anonymous telephone survey of households in the state of New Jersey, conducted...
An Analysis of Pedestrian Safety in NJ in 2010 (2011)
The primary purpose of this report is to provide a baseline for tracking pedestrian crashes over time. In its current form, the report provides...
Recent Publications
Bicycling to Rail Stations in NJ: 2013 Benchmarking Report
Abstract The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) undertook an effort to benchmark the current state of travel by a unique set of travelers, transit riders who travel to stations by bicycle. Despite the state’s large commuter and light rail network, a very...
Gay Men Travel Shorter Distances than the Average Person
Abstract VTC's Mike Smart was featured in an Atlantic Cities writeup of an article with Bloustein School PhD graduate Nick Klein on travel patterns in LGBT neighborhoods. Gay men living in gay neighborhoods travel much shorter distances on average than their straight...
Costs and Benefits of a Road Diet for Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick, NJ
Abstract The analysis presented here is of a candidate road diet conversion site, Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick, New Jersey, an oversized arterial corridor accessing the center of the city. The VISSIM micro-simulation model is used to analyze current conditions...
NJ Crossing Guard Training Program Summary Report
Crossing guards play a vital role in the lives of children who walk or bike to school each day. At the same time, the position of crossing guard is one of the most dangerous of municipal jobs due to slips, trips, and falls, and crashes involving motor vehicles. In an...