Jon Carnegie, executive director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University, said it wasn’t immediately clear whether the proposed gas-tax increase would pay for all of the state’s transit and road needs. That would depend on timing and future spending decisions, he said.
Without an increase in funding for the transportation trust fund, New Jersey would be left with only enough money to pay for existing debt service and be in danger of losing federal subsidies.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy is pleased to announce the appointment of Laura R. Peck, Ph.D., as Associate Professor, effective September 1, 2025. Dr. Peck will also serve as a Principal Faculty Fellow at...
NJ Communities Spotlight: Breast Cancer Diagnoses and Mortality Outcomes for Black Women Breast cancer is widely known as a disease that affects thousands of women within the United States and is the second leading cause of death due to cancer in New Jersey...
The following is from the Safe Routes to School Blog. SRTS is an initiative of the Voorhees Transportation Center. Back to School, Back to Safety: Let’s Keep the Roads Safe for Everyone As flip-flops are traded for sneakers, neighborhoods across New Jersey shift gears...
Work from Home and Job Satisfaction: Differences by Disability Status among Healthcare Workers Abstract Background Many workers with disabilities face negative stereotypical attitudes, pay gaps, and a lack of respect in the workplace, contributing to substantially...
NJ Communities Spotlight: The Trouble with Neighborhood Trash Decades of research show a clear pattern that waste services are not always distributed equally amongst states, municipalities, townships, and even residents. Robert Bullard’s Dumping in Dixie first exposed...