Parents often disagree with transportation experts over what streets are safe for children to ride bikes, a Rutgers-led study finds. The study, in the journal Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, assessed the Level of Traffic Stress...
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States Targeting Climate-Change Policies to Low-Income Communities
As New Jersey and other states lead nationwide efforts to address climate change, they are recognizing the disproportionate impact that climate change has on disadvantaged populations, according to a new Rutgers report. The challenges and opportunities states face are...
Report examines state efforts to address intersection of climate policy and equity goals
As New Jersey and other states lead nationwide efforts to address climate change, they are recognizing the disproportionate impact that climate change has on disadvantaged populations, according to a new Rutgers report. The challenges and opportunities states face are...
How to Survive a Recession: 12 Steps You Should Take Now to Protect Your Money
It's like living in an area that's prone to hurricanes, says Carl E. Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. "You know it's likely there will be another hurricane at some point and, if you're smart, you don't...
Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Generate $7.4 Billion In GDP And 129,000 Jobs In 2018
According to the Rutgers University’s Center for Urban Policy Research, the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program contributed more than $14.4 billion in output in terms of goods and services to the U.S. economy and added $7.4 billion in gross domestic...
New Jersey gave companies credit for millions in 'phantom' property taxes to qualify for incentives
“Why would you include property taxes as a benefit when you’re not collecting them?” said Michael Lahr, director of Rutgers Economic Advisory Service. Lahr was part of a team at Rutgers that evaluated the cost-benefit model for the tax-credit awards last...
New Jersey gave companies credit for millions in ‘phantom’ property taxes to qualify for incentives
“Why would you include property taxes as a benefit when you’re not collecting them?” said Michael Lahr, director of Rutgers Economic Advisory Service. Lahr was part of a team at Rutgers that evaluated the cost-benefit model for the tax-credit awards last year, and...
“Just the Facts” Won’t Be Enough to Fight Income Inequality
The data collected as part of the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey show that the median household brought in more than $63,000 in 2018. Ten years of slow, steady economic growth has brought the overall economy back from the depths of the mid-2000’s...
SDG11: How To Green The Urban Jungle
Cities face specific challenges and opportunities when it comes to delivering low carbon infrastructure. Some technology that works well in a rural context can't be transposed to a high-rise city. "Solar on a penthouse at the top of an 80-storey skyscraper just...
NJ Transit investigations are not new. Will this one be different from previous probes?
Martin Robins, director emeritus of Rutgers University's Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, who worked at NJ Transit in its heyday, said it will take time to undo the problems plaguing an agency the size of NJ Transit, but a steady infusion of money is key. "The...