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Gov. Murphy vetoed a 20-year service pension bill for police and firefighters. Here’s why
A bill to allow police officers and firefighters with 20 years of service to retire early with a reduced pension, regardless of their age, was conditionally vetoed by Gov. Phil Murphy, who said he wants more clarity on how the legislation would impact the state...
Prof. Jim Samuel Speaks with Dr. William Latimer on Public Health America about Informatics, ChatGPT, and His Educational Journey.
Prof. Jim Samuel was a guest on Public Health America where he gives a summary on his AI research and outlines his academic journey from Architecture to Public Informatics.
Stamato Op-Ed: NJ needs public banking
Policy Fellow Linda Stamato argues for the establishment of a public bank in New Jersey, emphasizing the potential benefits it could bring to the state's economy and communities. She highlights how public banks, unlike commercial banks, prioritize local interests by...
New Book by Prof. Mark Paul – The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights
In this book, Paul shows how economic rights—rights to necessities like housing, employment, and health care—have been a part of the American conversation since the Revolutionary War and were a cornerstone of both the New Deal and the Civil Rights Movement. Their recuperation, he argues, would at long last make good on the promise of America’s founding documents.
NJSPL – Fifteen-Minute Neighborhoods in New Jersey
Over the past several months, researchers from the Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) have been leading a graduate planning studio examining how the 15-minute neighborhoods planning model can be applied throughout New Jersey by developing three case studies in Bridgeton, Cherry Hill Township, and Newark.
Chelsie Riche MPP ’23 Named NJ ASPA Public Administration Student of the Year
Chelsie is deeply passionate about all children having access to quality education, and throughout her academic career has focused much of her research and activism on providing access to education for marginalized communities.
Economists Are Right To Hate Rent Control
Progressives keep trying to rehabilitate the reputation of rent control, and often misuse existing research to make their case that it's an effective policy with few, if any downsides. The most recent example comes in the form of an essay for The...
Research: Klein, Basu, and Smart publish “Transitions into and out of Car Ownership among Low-Income Households in the United States”
In this article, the authors examine low-income households’ transitions into and out of car ownership. They focus on car ownership because of the crucial role that access to a car plays in enabling participation in society and the hardships that those without cars face.
Economists Hate Rent Control. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.
The following OpEd was published in The American Prospect by Prof. Mark Paul As any Econ 101 student can tell you, rent control is bad. This is because rent control is a price control, and price controls artificially distort well-functioning markets, resulting in a...
Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah Appointed to NAS Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics
She was appointed for her recognized international leadership in the areas of data science for urban planning, transportation analytics, smart cities, policy informatics, and data and technology justice
VTC 25th Anniversary: Celebrating a Visionary with an Update on a New Hudson River Rail Tunnel
by Philip Plotch for Eno Center for Transportation, May 12, 2023 The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center celebrated its 25th anniversary this month with remembrances of a transportation visionary along with an update on the Gateway Program (one...
Montreal bike festival heralds release from grip of COVID
Professor Emeritus John Pucher was featured in a recent article that discusses the vibrant and uplifting atmosphere of Montreal's annual bicycling festival amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The festival is a celebration of community spirit and resilience, with...