Sustainable Jersey named Leigh Ann Von Hagen a 2024 Sustainability Hero. Leigh Ann is a managing director and adjunct professor with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and a founder of the Planning Healthy Communities Initiative.
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Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center
Educating and Enhancing Transportation Officials: The National Transit Institute
Billy Terry of the National Transit Institute joins Stuart Shapiro on EJB Talks to discuss NTI’s mission to educate the administrative workforce within the multitudes of transit agencies across the nation.
The Voorhees Transportation Center: A Leader in Transportation Research, Education and Training
VTC’s core strengths relate to transportation in the built environment and its work in transit-oriented development, pedestrian and bicycle mobility and safety, healthy community design, smart growth, and transportation and social equity.
Final Port Authority Centennial Symposium to be held December 7
This event will bring together public, private, non-profit sector leaders and academics to consider the issues and opportunities that will shape the future of the New Jersey-New York metropolitan region.
Research: Variation in ride-hailing trips in Chengdu, China
The objective was to examine factors associated with the generation of ride-hailing trips.
Research: Bikeshare usage change in New York City due to COVID-19 pandemic
Bikeshare use in NYC dropped during the early months of the pandemic, but had largely recovered by the summer.
2019 Planning Studio highlight: Bloustein graduate students actively engage community stakeholders in placemaking process
Twelve graduate urban planning students explored how to actively engage community stakeholders in the placemaking process to create economic vitality and inclusive healthy places in the Borough of Highland Park, NJ in the Bloustein spring graduate planning studio,...
NJ Transit posts lowest annual ridership since Superstorm Sandy
The most recent year included the deadly train crash at Hoboken Terminal in September 2016, as well as three derailments between March and July at New York's Penn Station. It also includes a worsening problem of trains canceled due to a shortage of locomotive...
Why New Jersey’s gas tax could go up for the first time since 1988
However, Martin Robins, director emeritus of Rutgers University’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Policy Center, argues that gasoline taxes levied on a per-gallon basis will begin to go down when auto makers begin complying with federal requirements for higher...
Bloustein MCRP candidate Brandon Williams is APTF scholarship recipient
The American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) recently announced that Bloustein School Masters in City and Regional Planning (MCRP) student Brandon Williams is the recipient of a 2015 APTF Scholarship. All member organizations of the American Public...
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Undergraduate Prospective Student Information Sessions (PSIS)
VirtualThe Prospective Student Information Sessions give interested students an opportunity to learn about the undergraduate program offerings at the Bloustein School. There is an overview of each major, minor, and […]
Bloustein Research Seminar Series: Discrimination in low-income housing markets: Evidence from online rental listings
Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesPresented by Hector Blanco, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Rutgers University . This venue will enable our faculty to share research, build community, and extend our networks. Pizza will be […]
Rutgers Giving Day
VirtualOccupant-Centric Simulation-Aided Building Design–Methods to obtain the occupant perspective
VirtualInternational Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) is a non-profit international society of building performance simulation researchers, developers and practitioners, dedicated to improving the built environment. Their new seminar series, Occupant-Centric […]
Intelligent Informatics at Rutgers: Artificial Intelligence – Use, Abuse & An Exciting Future
VirtualCollaborators: AI Social Impact Lab & Garfield City Council An Interactive Presentation By Bloustein AI Course Participants Faculty Advisor: Professor Jim Samuel, Rutgers Bloustein School Host Program: MPI - https://informatics.rutgers.edu/ Register: […]