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NJSPL – Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Spark a Bicycling Boom?

During the early stages of the pandemic, there were reports of a surge in bicycling activity across the country, as well as in New Jersey, leading to a marked increase in bicycle purchases. But was this surge temporary or an indication of a longer term shift in travel behavior?

Bus Rapid Transit Not a Long-Term Solution for Holland Tunnel

Robert Menendez Jr., who may soon represent the 8th Congressional District, which includes the Holland Tunnel area, has floated a plan to include buses because the $4.7 billion highway-widening project has become "polarizing." Menendez proposed that the expanded...

Bloustein researchers receive Rutgers Research Council grant

The project integrates multi-dimensional human perception data, collected using physiological sensors, with refined street-level built environment data, extracted using the latest computer vision techniques, to systematically understand how e-scooter riders and active travelers perceive the built environment and identify factors that influence travel satisfaction.

Bike-share programs aren’t profitable but chip away at emissions

But some say money can’t define bike-share programs’ success. Reminder, said Robert Noland, a professor of planning and public policy at Rutgers University: All transportation costs governments money. “So it’s fairly cheap for a city or the state to subsidize...

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Bildner Center: The 25th Annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival, November 7–21

Regal Cinema Commerce Center 2399 US-1, North Brunswick, United States

The The 25th Annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival will feature fourteen thought-provoking and entertaining films, dynamic discussions with filmmakers and special guests, and numerous New Jersey premieres on dance, music, […]