January 25, 2018 | In the News
Kelcie Ralph, an assistant professor of urban planning at Rutgers University, wondered why Leonia was taking this tack. Installing traffic diverters, narrowing streets and making others into one-ways would lengthen travel time and deter apps like Waze from even...
January 24, 2018 | In the News
But in its publications, the USDOT acknowledges that the advanced safety systems are not widely used across the nation, “so agencies should consider an education and outreach effort when implementing [one] within a community.” “They work, but I think many engineers...
January 24, 2018 | Alumni Spotlight
In late December 2017, Nassau County Comptroller-elect Jack Schnirman announced the addition of new members of his executive team, including naming Erika E. Hill MCRP ’11 as Director of Programs & Community Engagement. Ms. Hill previously served as director...
January 23, 2018 | In the News
“If you look at the places that have beach badges, most of them don’t have a boardwalk,” said Marc Pfeiffer, professor at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. “In places like Wildwood and Atlantic City, the boardwalk can...
January 23, 2018 | In the News
Richard Keevey writes an op-ed for The Record on reducing N.J. taxes. NorthJersey.com, January 23, 2018
January 23, 2018 | In the News
Noted economic expert James Hughes looks at impact of demographics, technology, suburbanization, office space, corporate urbanism, and e-commerce. MyCentralJersey.com, January 23, 2018
January 23, 2018 | In the News
When you want a cop to go away, you want the cop to go away and not sue you,” said Marc Pfeiffer, assistant director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and a retired government official who monitored local...
January 23, 2018 | In the News
Correspondent Ellen Kolodziej reports about the changes to happen with Trump’s Tax plan, and Larry sits with Asst. Director Marc Pfeiffer of the Bloustein Local Government Research at Rutgers University to discuss specifics on the Tax Reform. Jersey Matters,...
January 18, 2018 | In the News
Where workers choose to live is important, because it will probably determine where many of them will be taxed. “You pay taxes where you live. If New Jersey doesn’t get the residents, they won’t get the tax benefits,” said Rutgers economist James Hughes, the...
January 17, 2018 | In the News
But six months later, squeezed between his ambition to run for president and re-election in a majority blue state, he bucked his own party and took the money. There are now more than half a million poor people who gained access to healthcare in New Jersey. “It was a...
January 13, 2018 | In the News
The Trump administration has prohibited the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from using the phrases, “science-based” and “evidence-based,” from its lexicon, a decision that can hardly help the agency carry out its mission...
January 12, 2018 | In the News
The latest New Jersey Health and Well-Being Poll, in which the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy takes the pulse of residents on various issues, looked at how often people get opioid prescriptions and what they do with the medicines. “The percentage reporting...
January 11, 2018 | In the News
New Jersey’s economy looks far different than it did when the Great Recession struck a decade ago, but its long-standing problems are firmly in place, academic and business leaders said Wednesday. It prompted them to urge incoming Gov. Phil Murphy to break...
January 5, 2018 | In the News
But one expert in government ethics said the city school board ought to hold “due diligence” meetings with other companies, similar to the session with Maureen Davis, if it plans to move ahead and take bids on the textbooks financing plan. Holding meetings with other...
