April 4, 2016 | In the News
County College of Morris students majoring in health administration, public health, public policy, and urban planning and design will now be able to transfer with full credit to the Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. CCM and...
April 4, 2016 | In the News
But don’t expect the state unemployment rate to drop much lower. According to James W. Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, the jobless rate rarely dips below 4 percent, even when the economy is going like...
March 25, 2016 | In the News
According to James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, New Jersey has seen a “new demographic normal” since 2010 as people step away from the suburbs they once clamored for, and instead move into the...
March 25, 2016 | In the News
New Jerseyans have been waiting for a long time. While the U.S. had regained all of the nearly 9 million jobs that it lost in the recession by March 2014, New Jersey’s job market muddled along. At times, it seemed like it would gain momentum. But in...
March 25, 2016 | In the News
Sussex County remains on pace to lose population between 10-year U.S. censuses for the first time in a century. The Census Bureau’s annual population estimates, released Thursday, showed the county’s population decreasing from 145,004 in 2014 to 143,673 in...
March 24, 2016 | In the News
A decades-long population shift from northeastern New Jersey to other parts of the state has come to an abrupt halt, with Bergen and Hudson counties leading a new growth trend that has potentially broad financial, political and social implications. The New Jersey...
March 24, 2016 | In the News
Although residents have moved out, nearly 50,000 immigrants came to the city of Philadelphia in the same time period – and their numbers, experts said, are what counterbalance other losses, as in other Eastern cities. “What’s keeping us from...
March 23, 2016 | In the News
James Hughes, dean of Rutgers Universitys Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy in New Brunswick, New Jersey, called it an encouraging start for a frontier location, far away both physically and culturally from the downtowns that tech pioneers tend to prefer....
March 23, 2016 | In the News
Urgent slogans only underscore the difficulties inherent in keeping a subway system like New York City’s safe. Paul Larrousse, director of the National Transit Institute at Rutgers University, says that securing open systems like the MTA network necessitates due...
March 22, 2016 | In the News
Are the routes that Plainfield kids are taking to school each day safe enough? That was the question Rutgers Graduate Student Planners wearing reflective vests and carrying clipboards tried to assess last Friday. The planners evaluated the safety of the ways children...
March 21, 2016 | In the News
Rutgers Graduate Student Planners wearing reflective vests and carrying clipboards began a walk assessibility last Friday at Plainfield High School and Evergreen Elementary School to evaluate the safety of the routes the children take to and from school in Plainfield....
March 20, 2016 | In the News
Basking Ridge, a section of Bernards Township, was originally settled in the 1720s by British and Scottish people escaping religious persecution. And so, one would think, it’s old enough to know, to appreciate, and to be mindful of its roots. But, judging by the...
March 14, 2016 | Career, News
Non-motorized transportation has been expanding in New Brunswick. Recently, the Bloustein School hosted a workshop on pedestrian calming techniques. Almost twenty graduate and undergraduate students attended a session on pedestrian calming techniques led by Bloustein...
