Students worked with the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership and focused their attention on South River’s Census Tract 69 where there are significant inequities in life expectancy and other health issues. The report concluded that community has a “Water Story” that explains much of the inequity.
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Resilient Perth Amboy
Final ReportGreen Infrastructure PresentationGreen Jobs & Economic Development PresentationHousing and Climate Gentrification Perth Amboy is a waterfront city, which brings unique economic, social, and aesthetic benefits. The Green Infrastructure and Water Quality...
Shrewsbury Avenue Neighborhood Plan
Read Report As of the 2017 American Community Survey, the Borough of Red Bank is a community of approximately 12,220 residents and a land area of 1.75 square-miles in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Situated on the southern bank of the Navesink River, Red Bank has...
Red Bank Waterfront
Read Report The “Waterfront Area” is a half-mile stretch of land from Front Street to the Navesink River. Starting at Maple Avenue in the west, it extends to the Riverview Medical Center in the east. As a focus of this plan, the area was selected for its strategic...
TOD Guidelines for New Orleans RTA
Presentation APA Showcase Program The Bloustein School studio team, in partnership with the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (NORTA), developed transit-oriented community (TOC) guidelines specific to the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. The guidelines serve as a...
Placemaking in Highland Park
Presentation Report Placemaking in Highland Park: Making Connections between Place, Health, Equity, and Economy In this spring 2019 studio, 12 MCRP students explored how to actively engage community stakeholders in the placemaking process to create economic vitality...
Planning for Carbon-free futures: A Duke Farms-based bootcamp
Presentations Introduction Street Trees Meadows Gardens Closing Reports Meadows Greenhouse Planning for Carbon-free futures: A Duke Farms-based bootcamp to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through restoration and enhancement of natural systems. Duke Farms...
Reimagining Bloomfield Streets
Presentation Report Reimagining Bloomfield Streets: Planning for Health, Equity, and Safety through Walking, Biking, and Transit around the Watsessing Avenue Station Neighborhood In this fall 2018 studio, 14 MCRP students explored ways to improve access by all modes...
Proposed PATH station connection to Newark’s EWR
Between Fall 2017 through Fall 2018 approximately 50 Rutgers Bloustein graduate and undergraduate planning students participated in a series of five studios addressing the proposed 2023 PATH station addition to the EWR airport in Newark, NJ. In February 2017 the Port...
ONTRACK: Transit-Oriented Development for North Brunswick
Phase 1 Presentation Phase 2 Presentation Report The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is the most heavily traveled passenger rail corridor in the country. Over 2000 passenger trains move 750,000 people along the corridor daily to serve as a vital component of the regional...
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Dissertation Proposal: Pixels, Plates, and Pesos: On Digital Food Delivery Platforms and Socio-Economic Change in the Philippines
Virtualpresented by Nasha Virata
Implications of Robotics for Public Policy
VirtualThis presentation offers a systematic analysis of the emerging routes by which applications of embodied artificial intelligence—robotics—elicit public policy responses.
2024 Transit-Oriented Development Symposium
Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesRegistration is now open for the 2024 TOD Symposium. This free full-day event will be held in person on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at the Edward J. Bloustein School of […]
2024 New Jersey Big Data Alliance Annual Symposium: Artificial Intelligence Impacts on Society & Higher Education
Douglass Student Center 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe New Jersey Big Data Alliance (NJBDA) is an alliance of leading higher education institutions, government organizations and industry members that catalyzes research and collaboration in advanced computing and data […]
Virtual Information Session: Master of Health Administration
VirtualYou are cordially invited to join us at this virtual informational session for the Rutgers – Bloustein School’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) program during the Spring 2024 semester. We […]