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...
March 1, 2016 | In the News
“Baby boomers are over-housed, essentially they’re moving from their very large 4 bedroom homes, they’re empty nesters and they don’t need all that space,” said Rutgers University economist James Hughes. Hughes said the bursting of the housing bubble a decade ago...
March 1, 2016 | In the News
Dr. Hal Salzman, Rutgers University professor of the E.J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy, explained the current situation to the assembled Senators. Reviewing the evidence about the STEM workforce supply, Dr. Salzman provided a number of important...
February 29, 2016 | In the News
County Executive Hughes will deliver the Mercer County Economic Development Report, which will focus on business development and growth in the county. In addition, the Summit will feature a keynote address from Gene Waddy, CEO of Diversant LLC, and national, regional...
February 25, 2016 | In the News
More than 50 people braved the rain, wind and fog Wednesday night to attend a West Orange Streetscapes and Safe Streets presentation on the “Complete Streets Concept Plan” for West Orange, which was developed by the graduate students of the Rutgers University School...
February 25, 2016 | In the News
Twenty-three percent of American workers were laid off during the Great Recession, according to according to data from the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, but 79 percent of workers knew someone who was laid off – a family member,...
February 22, 2016 | In the News
“Recent history tells us that the more you can do pay-as-you-go and the less reliance on bonding, the more stable your funding will be and you will be able to maintain a reasonable program,” said Martin Robins, director emeritus of Rutgers University’s Alan M....
February 22, 2016 | In the News
In his budget address, Gov. Chris Christie swept aside claims the state’s Transportation Trust Fund is in trouble. “To imply that the TTF is in crisis and is suddenly and unexpectedly run out of money is just a politically driven mischaracterization,” he said Feb. 16....
February 22, 2016 | In the News
Do you know someone who’s been laid off? More than one someone? Has that someone been you? If you said yes to any of those questions, you’re not alone. According to a 2014 survey by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers...
