POET continues to support the NYMTC Community Planning Workshop program. The Town of Pelham held a virtual public workshop to gather public input on...
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Translation as Access: A Conversation with Kenia Gonzalez
Kenia Gonzalez recently joined the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center as Bilingual Outreach Specialist. In this Q&A, she shares how language access and bilingual outreach support more inclusive transportation planning.
Every Journey Safer: 2026 NJ Complete Streets Summit
Registration is now open for the 2026 New Jersey Complete Streets Summit! Join the NJDOT and transportation leaders as we work toward making every journey safer across the state.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC ) of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, The State University of New...
VTC at TransAction 2026
VTC is proud to present at this year’s TransAction Conference, held April 14–16 in Atlantic City! Registration is now open!
New Report: From Challenge to Resilience—The Evolution of NJ TRANSIT Funding and a Roadmap to a Reliable Future
NJ TRANSIT’s funding history shapes today’s transit system—this report maps past decisions and a path to a more reliable future.
VTC Research Featured at the 2026 TRB Annual Meeting
Convened by the Transportation Research Board (TRB), the 2026 TRB Annual Meeting was held January 11–15, 2026, in Washington, D.C., at the Walter E....
State Planning Commission Adopts New Jersey State Plan, Impact Assessment, and Infrastructure Needs Assessment
The New Jersey State Planning Commission has adopted an updated State Plan, along with a new Impact Assessment and Infrastructure Needs Assessment, marking the first comprehensive update since 2001. The Plan will guide coordinated state and local decision-making on land use, transportation, housing, infrastructure, and climate adaptation.
New Jersey Target Zero Commission Adopts Action Plan
On Monday, December 15, 2025, the New Jersey Target Zero Commission officially adopted the first New Jersey Target Zero Action Plan, reaching...
VTC Distinguished Lecture: Reconnecting Communities by Rethinking Highways
At the VTC Distinguished Lecture, Dr. Erick Guerra challenged the audience to look beyond the nation’s overbuilt highway system and consider how cities can rebuild to reconnect communities and expand access.
Recent Publications
Equal charging for all: Are there income-based disparities in public charging stations?
We compare charging station accessibility for different income groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. Using a microsimulation model, we estimate charging station accessibility under varying battery range scenarios, assuming different income groups have vehicles with...
New Jersey Micromobility Guide (2025)
The New Jersey Micromobility Guide serves as a resource for micromobility users across the state, collecting and summarizing the laws and safety best practices that can make riders safer. Micromobility, which includes e-bikes, e-scooters, and other low-speed devices,...
The deal breaker theory of cycling: A new approach to understanding bike behavior
Most locations across the world have a large un-tapped pool of people who do not bike at all and an even larger pool who do not bike for transportation. To increase cycling, we must better understand this group and the reasons they do not ride. I propose a new theory...
Crash data availability and best practices across the United States
Though data on fatal crashes are available through the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and are readily available to the public, many states do not make their crash data (including injuries) easily accessible for the public and the research community. The...