Professor Julia Sass Rubin gives her take on resolutions. She described many resolutions as akin to a lawmaker showing up at a local event — good politics.
“They are definitely a way for the Legislature to score points with constituents without needing the other legislative house to agree or the governor to sign it, and without actually changing anything, as would be the case if they passed legislation,”
Household economic security and medical debt onset: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic Abstract Objectives To examine how household medical debt responds to changes in income and new health events. Study design Secondary analysis of a panel survey. Methods We analyzed...
Designing Studies to Detect Impacts on Earnings Abstract This article reports empirical evidence to support the design of evaluations that estimate the impacts of programs that provide postsecondary credentials and/or job training on earnings. Statistical power...
On Monday, December 15, 2025, the New Jersey Target Zero Commission officially adopted the first New Jersey Target Zero Action Plan, reaching a major milestone in the State’s goal to eliminate all roadway fatalities and serious injuries in the state by 2040. The New...
Kenia Gonzalez recently joined the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center as its Bilingual Outreach Specialist. We spoke with her about her role and why language access plays a critical part in VTC’s work. Kenia leads Spanish-language translation, interpretation,...
When it comes to promoting the peaceful coexistence of traffic and pedestrians on city streets, sometimes less can be more. That is the philosophy behind "road diets," reconfiguring urban roadways to turn four-lane roads into two lanes with a turning lane and leftover...