The accident reports for the five cities and municipalities reviewed by MyCentralJersey.com spanned six years, from 2011 to 2016, and included accidents in which public employees were at fault and also accidents in which they were not. The majority of the accidents...
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Michael Replogle to present 2017 VTC Distinguished Lecture
Michael Replogle, Deputy Commissioner for Policy at the New York City Department of Transportation will present the 2017 Alan M. Voorhees Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, April 11. He will discuss, "Safe, Green, Smart and Equitable Transportation for New York City."...
Two Bloustein MCRP candidates receive APTF scholarships
The American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) recently announced that Bloustein School Masters in City and Regional Planning (MCRP) students Golda Speyer and Kelly Glenn are the recipients of 2016 APTF Scholarships. This marks the sixth straight year at least...
Three Bloustein School students selected as Presidential Management Fellows finalists
Three Master of City and Regional Planning students from the Bloustein School – Channing Bickford, Julene Paul, and Ai Yamanaka – have been named Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) finalists by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The Presidential Management...
Beyond the Crisis: Exploring the Future of the State's Transportation Trust Fund
“Recent history tells us that the more you can do pay-as-you-go and the less reliance on bonding, the more stable your funding will be and you will be able to maintain a reasonable program,” said Martin Robins, director emeritus of Rutgers University’s Alan M....
Roundtable Focuses on NJ's Transportation Future
In his budget address, Gov. Chris Christie swept aside claims the state’s Transportation Trust Fund is in trouble. “To imply that the TTF is in crisis and is suddenly and unexpectedly run out of money is just a politically driven mischaracterization,” he said Feb. 16....
Christie, lawmakers disagree over NJ's transportation system 'crisis'
In recent years the fund has supported $1.2 billion in annual construction, maintenance and operating costs at NJ Transit and the state Department of Transportation. The money will run out on June 30, according to the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services....
Former NJ Transit Executive Talks Transportation Fund, Possible Transit Worker Strike
New Jersey’s life blood flows through the transportation grid. And there’s a coming crash. The transportation trust to fund bridge and road repairs runs dry June 30. NJ Transit‘s depleted operating budget supplanted by the take from Turnpike tolls could also run dry...
Five Northeast states, DC to develop potential market-based policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transportation
On November 24 the Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) released a report prepared by the GCC with Cambridge Systematics regarding opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector in the northeast and mid-Atlantic. The report, “Reducing...
Satisfying Transportation Needs Will Improve Quality of Life for Adults on Autism Spectrum
An integrated approach to providing access to reliable and safe transportation is needed for adults on the autism spectrum and their families, according to a new Rutgers study that offers recommendations for removing barriers to better mobility. The Rutgers report...
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