Fears and reality: TOD efforts often encounter fear of overdevelopment, including the financial burden of educating more children and, ironically, increased automotive traffic].
In reality, transit-oriented developments tend to have smaller households with fewer children and cars, according to a 2012 presentation by Jon Carnegie, executive director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers’ Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
I had just started my deanship at Rutgers University’s Douglass College, and before even taking a deep breath it seemed a promising year sat suspended in time as I witnessed the unimaginable: Not far away, planes were hitting the Twin Towers and they were falling. I...
Former New Jersey State Senator Bob Gordon, now Vice President at Stevens & Lee Public Affairs LLC and a Senior Policy Fellow at the Bloustein School, is featured in the September 2026 issue of COMMERCE Magazine for his role in helping entrepreneur Glenn Laga turn...
The Bloustein School’s Bachelor of Science in Health Administration recently achieved the status as a Full Certified Undergraduate Program with the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA). AUPHA certification is the national standard of...
By Matthew Enuco | NJ.com As a kid growing up at the Jersey Shore, Brian Kempf always had his eye on the water line. “I would spend summers digging elaborate trenches and walls to keep our beach chairs safe from the incoming tide,” Kempf said. “I lost that battle many...
New Jersey State Policy Lab, August 31, 2026 Lanae A. Ali Afterschool programs (ASPs) typically occur during the critical hours of 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. and offer a variety of enrichment activities such as arts, sports, STEM, and other character-building exercises....