Publications & Reports
Public Views on the Reallocation of Street Space Due to COVID-19
Many towns and cities have reallocated street space in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Perceptions of the Safety Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on vulnerable users
For autonomous vehicles to receive acceptance, society must have a positive perception about their safety.
Current and Future Training Needs of the Public Transportation Industry
Assessing the public transportation industry’s training practices, interests, priorities,and training needs.
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Title | Year | Subject Area(s) | Author(s) | Summary |
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Funding Opportunities and Programmatic Insights for Advancing Shared Use Paths, Trails, and Greenways in New Jersey | 2025 | Health & Safety, Policy, Reports, Sustainability & Environment | Leigh Ann Von Hagen, Rebecca Levitsky | This research examines trail funding and development in New Jersey, highlighting funding opportunities, challenges, and best practices to accelerate shared use path implementation. |
Inroads to Innovation: New Jersey’s Technology Transfer Program | 2024 | Innovation, Sustainability & Environment, Transportation Resilience, Transportation Systems Planning | Catherine Bull, David Aimen, Stephanie DiPetrillo | A look at the work of New Jersey’s Technology Transfer Program. |
Disparities in ridehailing travel times for accessing non-work destinations | 2024 | Equitable Mobility, Planning, Policy, Research | Robert B. Noland, Sicheng Wang, Xiao Huang | We contribute to the literature on new mobilities by measuring spatial disparities in travel times for accessing essential non-work destinations via ridehailing. |
Invisible Rides: How Car-Less Americans Access Cars | 2024 | Equitable Mobility, News, Policy, Research | Amanda Howell, Anne Brown, Michael J. Smart, Nicholas J. Klein | How and why do zero-car households seek car access? We used a national online survey of 830 American adults and interviews with twenty-nine low- and moderate-income travelers about their car access behaviors to answer this question. |
Working From Home During COVID-19: Flash in the Pan or Wave of the Future? | 2024 | COVID-19, Research | Evan Iacobucci, Hannah Younes, Robert B. Noland, Wenwen Zhang | We examine who can work from home during the pandemic and whether this behavior will persist post-pandemic by conducting two representative online surveys in New Jersey. |
Powering bikeshare in New York City: does the usage of e-bikes differ from regular bikes? | 2024 | Planning, Research | Michael J. Smart, Robert B. Noland, Yingning Xie | Study investigates the difference between shared electric bicycles (e-bikes) and conventional shared bikes operated by Citi Bike in New York City. |
The Traffic Calming Effect of Delineated Bicycle Lanes | 2024 | Health & Safety, Planning, Research | Clinton Andrews, Dimitri Metaxas, Hannah Younes, Jiahao Xia, Jie Gong, Leigh Ann Von Hagen, Robert B. Noland, Song Wen, Wenwen Zhang | A team of Rutgers researchers led by VTC’s Hannah Younes analyzed the effect of a bicycle lane on traffic speeds using computer vision techniques. |
Concerns expressed by used electric vehicle owners based on surveying social media | 2024 | Equitable Mobility, Research, Sustainability & Environment | Robert B. Noland, Wei Sen Loh | Researchers Wei San Loh and Robert Noland used data collected online to understand the used electric vehicle (EV) market. |
Morris Moves: Morris County Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan | 2023 | Equitable Mobility, News, Reports | Andrea Lubin, Stephanie DiPetrillo | The updated Morris County Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan (CHSTP) provides an integrated and collaborative framework for providing human services transportation in Morris County, New Jersey. |
Working from Home and Walking during and after COVID | 2023 | COVID-19, Research | Hannah Younes, James Sinclair, Leigh Ann Von Hagen, Robert B. Noland | The researchers investigated the relationship between people who worked from home during the pandemic and how often they walked before, during, and after COVID. |
Section 5310 Microtransit Planning Study: Phase I & II Final Report | 2023 | Andrea Lubin, Stephanie DiPetrillo | This planning study sought to investigate the feasibility of microtransit as a cost-effective means to meet demand for more seamless, inter-county trips among New Jersey’s county community transit customers. For the purposes of this study, the definition used for microtransit has been small scale, on‐demand, dynamic-route, shared transit services such as shared ride taxis and other non-fixed route operations. | |
Gender split and safety behavior of cyclists and e-scooter users in Asbury Park, NJ | 2023 | Equitable Mobility, Health & Safety, Research | Clinton Andrews, Hannah Younes, Robert B. Noland | In this study, researchers Hannah Younes, Robert B. Noland, and Clinton J. Andrews used traffic camera footage to observe the behavior of over 700 shared e-scooters and privately owned bicycles in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The authors discuss policy implications with regard to safety and gender differences between the two modes of transit. |
What do People Want to do Instead of Commuting to Work? | 2023 | COVID-19, Research | Hannah Younes, Robert B. Noland, Wenwen Zhang | The researchers fielded two surveys in New Jersey during the pandemic and included questions on what respondents did with time saved from not commuting as well as which activities they wished to see continue after the pandemic subsided. |
The End of Speed Traps and Ticket Quotas: Re-framing and Reforming Traffic Cameras to Increase Support | 2022 | Research, Transportation Systems Planning | Kelcie Ralph | This survey of the U.S. public shows concerns about revenue are associated with greater opposition to cameras and greater distrust of the government. |
Understanding preferences for bicycling and bicycle infrastructure | 2022 | Public Transportation, Research | Maria Luz Laham, Robert B. Noland, Sicheng Wang | Using survey data collected in New Jersey, we analyze the frequency of bicycling and respondent perceptions of the safety of various bicycling facilities. |
Exploring Stress Levels of E-Scooter Riders | 2022 | Active Transportation, Equitable Mobility, Health & Safety, Innovation, Reports | Clinton Andrews, Hannah Younes, Leigh Ann Von Hagen, Robert B. Noland, Wenwen Zhang | The results of this pilot data collection effort provide insights on the potential use of the latest sensor technology and computer vision algorithms to understand travel behavior for new and emerging transportation modes. |
Public Views on the Reallocation of Street Space Due to COVID-19 | 2022 | COVID-19, Innovation, Planning, Transportation & Land Use | Evan Iacobucci, Robert B. Noland, Wenwen Zhang | We suggest that the current groundswell of support for street changes represents a rare opportunity to implement street design changes that support pedestrians and outdoor activities. |
Browsing for food: Will COVID-induced on-line grocery delivery persist? | 2022 | COVID-19, Health & Safety | Hannah Younes, Robert B. Noland, Wenwen Zhang | We analyze factors associated with the decision to grocery shop online and whether this will persist post-COVID using data collected via a representative online panel. |
Trip deprivation among older adults in the context of the capability approach | 2022 | Public Transportation | Devajyoti Deka | Trip deprivation can legitimately reflect both functioning and capability when deprivation is carefully defined. |
Self-perception and General Perception of the Safety Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Pedestrians, Bicyclists, and People with Ambulatory Disability | 2021 | Active Transportation, Health & Safety, Innovation | Devajyoti Deka | Using data from a statewide random-digit-dialing telephone survey of 1,001 adults, this paper examines how New Jersey residents perceive the safety impact of AVs on pedestrians, bicyclists, and people with ambulatory disability. |
Environmental Justice, Transport Justice, and Mobility Justice | 2021 | Equitable Mobility, Research, Sustainability & Environment | Devajyoti Deka | This article explores three concepts of justice in transportation: environmental justice (EJ), transport justice (TJ), and mobility justice (MJ). |
Staying at Home Is a Privilege: Evidence from Fine-Grained Mobile Phone Location Data in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic | 2021 | COVID-19, Finance & Economics | Hanxue Wei, Junyu Lu, Sicheng Wang, Song Gao, Xiao Huang, Zhewei Liu | The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has exposed and, to some degree, exacerbated social inequity in the United States. |
Identifying Current and Future Training Needs of the Public Transportation Industry | 2021 | Engagement, News, Public Transportation, Training | Andrea Lubin, Robert B. Noland, Stephanie DiPetrillo | This report identifies the training needs of the public transportation industry. |
Understanding How Changes in Mobility Affect the Spread of Coronavirus | 2021 | COVID-19, News, Research | Robert B. Noland | In an effort to understand how changes in mobility are associated with the spread of the coronavirus, mobility data from Google correlated with estimates of the effective reproduction rate, a measure of viral infectiousness. |
Bikeshare Usage Change in New York City Due to COVID-19 Pandemic | 2021 | Active Transportation, COVID-19, News | Haoyun Wang, Robert B. Noland | Bikeshare use in New York City dropped substantially during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but by summer of 2020 had largely recovered to pre-pandemic levels. The patterns of usage, however, have changed. |
Research: Variation in ride-hailing trips in Chengdu, China | 2021 | Finance & Economics, News, Transportation & Land Use, Transportation Systems Planning | Robert B. Noland, Sicheng Wang | A new paper looks at the elasticities of demand for ride-hailing service provider DiDi in Chengdu, China. |
Predicting transit mode choice of New Jersey workers commuting to New York City from a stated preference survey | 2021 | Active Transportation, Public Transportation, Transportation Systems Planning | Devajyoti Deka, Jon Carnegie | This study examines transit mode choice preferences of New Jersey commuters traveling to New York City with the objective of assisting trans-Hudson ferry service planning on the basis of variables significantly affecting mode choice. |
The Effect of Pre-Post Differences in Walking, Health and Weight on Retirees’ Long-Term Quality of Life | 2020 | Health & Safety | Devajyoti Deka | This research examined the effect of pre-post differences in walking duration, health, and weight on retirees’ long-term quality of life (QoL). |
Does the pathway to transportation walking for older adults run through recreational walking? | 2020 | Health & Safety | Charles Brown, Devajyoti Deka | Although a number of recent studies have addressed walking by older adults, many have aggregated recreational and transportation walking into overall physical activity, whereas many others have exclusively focused on recreational walking. |
Practices for Online Public Involvement | 2019 | Innovation | Miriam Salerno, Sarah Tomasello, Trish Sanchez | Current state of practice for online public involvement tools used by state Depts. of Transportation and additional areas of research needed based on information gathered from a literature review and survey of state DOTs. |
Trip patterns and revenue of shared e-scooters in Louisville, Kentucky | 2019 | Active Transportation, Innovation, News | Robert B. Noland | Data on shared e-scooters in Louisville, Kentucky are analyzed. |
A comparison of the personal and neighborhood characteristics associated with ridesourcing, transit use and driving with NHTS | 2019 | Active Transportation, Transportation Systems Planning | Da Fei, Devajyoti Deka | The opportunity to conduct an overarching national study to examine the characteristics of ridesourcing users and their neighborhoods was absent until the 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) dataset was released in 2018. |
Disentangling the role of cars and transit in employment and labor earnings | 2018 | Active Transportation, Equitable Mobility, Finance & Economics | Michael J. Smart, Nicholas J. Klein | In this article, Professor Smart and Nicholas Klein (Bloustein PhD, 2014) find that having a car helps Americans find jobs, keep those jobs over time, and move up the economic ladder. |
Are millennials moving to more urbanized and transit-oriented counties? | 2018 | Finance & Economics, Transportation & Land Use | Devajyoti Deka | Recent studies show that two distinct narratives have emerged about the millennials’ behavior, attitudes, and preferences regarding their choice of residence and transportation. |
Exploration of the effect of violent crime on recreational and transportation walking by path and structural equation models | 2018 | Health & Safety | Charles Brown, Devajyoti Deka, James Sinclair | To examine how violent crime affects people’s recreational and transportation walking duration in daytime and after dark on a typical day. |
Exploration of millennials’ perception of spending on cities, mass transit, and highways | 2018 | Finance & Economics, Public Transportation | Devajyoti Deka | This study compares the perception of millennials with the perception of older generations regarding public spending on cities, mass transit, and highways in the US national context. |
Bicycle Justice and Urban Transformation: Biking for All? | 2018 | Active Transportation | Devajyoti Deka | The review commends the editors and chapter authors for emphasizing the importance of equity in bicycle planning and discusses the difficulties in implementing equity in transportation planning generally. |
Remembrance of Cars and Buses Past | 2017 | Public Transportation, Transportation Systems Planning | Michael J. Smart, Nicholas J. Klein | This research suggests a long-term benefit for encouraging transit at younger ages to foster a “transit habit.” |
Has the Great Recession and its Aftermath Reduced Traffic Fatalities? | 2017 | Health & Safety, Planning | Robert B. Noland, Yuhan Zhou | An analysis of state-level data from 1984 to 2014 provides evidence on the relationship between economic recessions and US traffic fatalities. |
A rejoinder to the critique of “Costs and Benefits of a Road Diet Conversion” | 2017 | Planning, Policy, Research, Transportation & Land Use | Robert B. Noland | A response to the six points made by Le Vine and conclude with a brief critique of existing practice. |