fo says a local company will retrieve bikes in low ridership areas, and this doesn’t requiring taking up parking space or tearing up infrastructure. The partners say this bike share is about going green, getting exercise and giving city residents more transportation...
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New Camden Bike Share program officially launched
The pilot program, which will run through September, is a result of a partnership formed by the Coopers Ferry Partnership [CFP], Rutgers Voorhees Transportation Center and ofo, a Beijing-based bicycle sharing company, to encourage alternative modes of transportation...
Can a trendy bike share program boost Camden?
The seven-month-long pilot program service begins Tuesday, along with a feasibility study conducted by Rutgers University's Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and sponsored by the William Penn Foundation. They'll be tracking resident feedback to see what works,...
Is Nashville dense enough for a light rail transit system?
In Portland and Dallas, businesses were more likely to open near light rail stations, said Robert Noland, a professor at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. He found the effect was stronger in Portland, where planners had zoned to...
How to Prepare for Grad School: 32 Tips for Undergrad Students
Are you an undergraduate thinking about attending graduate school? No matter what year you are in, it's never too early to prepare. Bloustein School professor and associate dean Clinton Andrews was one of several deans, professor and program directors asked the...
Local coffee shop, OQ Coffee Co., honored as Best Coffee in New Jersey 2018
Highland Park's OQ Coffee Co., owned by Jessica Schellack MCRP '11 and her husband Ben, was recently named Best Coffee in New Jersey by Food and Wine. Food and Wine story, March 23, 2018 NJ.com story, March 30, 2018
Over 40 percent of Newark students could attend charter schools within five years. Here's how.
A decade ago, less than 10 percent of students in Newark schools attended charters. Today, about 33 percent do. In five years, that number could reach 44 percent. Chalkbeat talks with professor Julia Sass Rubin to find out how this may--or may not--happen....
Op-Ed: Let's Make New Jersey the Healthiest State in the Country
The time for communities, decision makers, and practitioners to evaluate the potential health effects of a plan, policy, or project is before it is adopted, implemented, or built. One way that New Jersey can more systematically integrate the consideration of health...
The 20 smallest towns with their own police departments
The departments may be small, but plenty of them are pricey. In more than half of the state's 20 smallest towns with their own forces, the towns spent at least $1 million to maintain a police department. Some towns have tried to merge their departments to reduce...
Reshaping Roche campus with millennials in mind
Food, fitness and fun. Those are key elements that the millennial generation, which is redefining corporate geography, is seeking in its live, work and play environment, according to James Hughes, professor and former dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning...