June 18, 2024 | In the News
NEWARK — Schools Superintendent Roger León on Monday said no alcohol was served at a “Superintendent’s Staff Fun Day” – an event for the district’s top administrators and their staff – held June 1 at an elegant venue in Warren. “Taxpayer funds” did not pay for...
June 17, 2024 | In the News
Lawmakers introduced the “New Jersey Student Support Act” in early April. Their goal was to allow students to attend private schools at public expense. Last week, after what they said was overwhelming opposition from stakeholders, sponsors pulled their bill. It never...
June 14, 2024 | News
Professor Fereydoun Nikpour was selected for the Office of Disability Services Faculty Honor Roll. The Faculty Honor Roll is a new initiative to recognize instructors who go above and beyond to support the work of the Office of Disability Services (ODS). ODS staff...
June 11, 2024 | News
Shaul Picker is the 2024 recipient of the Mortensen-Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies. This award is granted annually to the highest-achieving student with a concentration in transportation at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Urban Planning and...
June 10, 2024 | In the News
The installation of bike lanes along N.J. roadways reduced driving speeds, according to a new study by Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Researchers made the finding after conducting a study at a high-traffic intersection in a Jersey Shore town to examine ways to...
June 10, 2024 | In the News
Black drivers in Chicago are more likely to be stopped by police than issued tickets by traffic cameras, highlighting the role of racial bias in traffic stops, according to a new study. The findings, published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
June 10, 2024 | News
By Jessica Parineet Offshore wind development is in its early stages in the United States, with just under one gigawatt (GW) of utility scale capacity constructed. State decarbonization goals have catalyzed industry progress thus far, however the Biden administration...
June 9, 2024 | In the News
In its May 26 editorial calling for an expansion of the H-1B visa program (“International graduates of US colleges should have an easier path to stay”), the Globe mischaracterized the role of this and other guest worker programs. Although they bring in some highly...
June 6, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Significance This study pioneers in mapping the racial composition of roads. Our findings highlight a disproportionate rate of citations for moving violations among Black drivers through both speed camera enforcement but more so via police stops, challenging the...
June 6, 2024 | In the News
A quick look at the results from Tuesday’s primary election shows that the lack of the “party line” ballot design did not matter for almost all endorsed Democratic candidates, who won easy victories. But a deeper dive into the results tells a somewhat different story....
June 6, 2024 | In the News
Nearly a third of us can’t drive. That’s the reality. There are people like me who can’t see well enough to drive, and a lot of other people with all kinds of disabilities–physical, sensory, mental health and chronic health conditions–that make driving unsafe. There...
June 5, 2024 | In the News
NJ Spotlight News, June 5, 2024
June 5, 2024 | In the News
Rutgers political scientist Julia Sass Rubin’s research found the “county line” design gave candidates a 35% advantage in 2020’s primaries. But it hadn’t been clear what affect the change to the ballot design might have on this year’s races. The court decision...
June 4, 2024 | In the News
Andy Kim couldn’t rest one evening last September. “I didn’t get a single minute of sleep that night,” he recalled in an interview with NPR, “I really felt like I had to do something and really show people that, you know, when there’s these problems in our politics,...
June 3, 2024 | In the News
Voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide their parties’ nominees for downballot offices in five states, including one that’s in for a historic primary night. In March, a federal judge granted Rep. Andy Kim’s request to bar New Jersey election...
June 3, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Rutgers researchers make finding after looking for ways to lower the incidence of vehicle crashes Read original article on Rutgers Today, June 3, 2024 Rutgers University–New Brunswick researchers conducting a study at a high-traffic intersection in a Jersey Shore town...
June 3, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Abstract As travel costs fall with new capacity, the quantity of travel increases. This concept—induced travel—has profound implications but remains unevenly embraced in practice. Do instructors teach it in transportation engineering classrooms? What explains their...
June 1, 2024 | In the News
Linda Stamato sits down with Steve Adubato to discuss her personal crusade to save local journalism. NJ PBS, June 1,2024
May 31, 2024 | In the News
As New Jersey Democrats vote in Tuesday’s primaries, they’ll encounter a revamped ballot, stripped of a unique design that critics say has given party leaders the ability to hand-select primary winners. Research has found that the line confers a measurable advantage...
May 30, 2024 | In the News
Economic Benefits of the New Hudson Tunnel James Hughes, professor and dean emeritus of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, said the tunnel’s significance for the regional economy. It carries more passengers...
