Even if New Jersey raises its taxes on gasoline, transportation experts say such funding sources won’t sustain transit operations for the decades to come. Automobiles are becoming more fuel-efficient, they note, and younger people are choosing public transit over driving when they can.
“It’s certainly not the future,” said Jon Carnegie, executive director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University, referring to the wholesale petroleum tax.
The Bloustein School is pleased to announce the recent promotion of Dr. Michael Smart to Professor and Dr. Nicholas Longo, Director of the Rutgers Democracy Lab, on appointment and tenure as a Professor in the Bloustein School. “I am thrilled to recognize these...
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