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,...
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Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center
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...
NJTIP @ Rutgers to host Connect to Transit Seminar, October 8
On Wednesday, Oct. 8 NJTIP @ Rutgers will conduct a free “Connect to Transit” seminar for professionals, volunteers, and community members to become informed advocates for public transportation so they can better assist older adults other clients with navigating the...
Bloustein student receives APTF Board Scholarship
The American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) recently announced that Bloustein School Masters in City and Regional Planning (MCRP) student Sherri Dawson is the recipient of a 2014-15 APTF Scholarship. All member organizations of the American Public...
Rutgers study finds after Hurricane Sandy, NJ residents support government mitigation, but not footing the bill
New Jersey residents who were surveyed four months after Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast of the United States in October 2012 expressed strong support for government policies to reduce the likelihood of severe damage from future hurricanes, according to a...
Voorhees Transportation Center releases GASCAP model
The Bloustein School's Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center has released GASCAP — the Greenhouse-Gas Assessment Spreadsheet for CAPital Projects —a freely available Microsoft Excel based spreadsheet tool designed by VTC. This spreadsheet based tool allows users to...
New “road diet” study by Voorhees Transportation Center could create a safer Livingston Avenue
A new research study from the Bloustein School’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, “Costs and Benefits of a Road Diet for Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick, New Jersey,” found that by including turning lanes and bike lanes will not only create safer streets for...
Annual Bike/Walk Summit to be held at Bloustein School, Feb.8
The Fifth Annual NJ Bike & Walk Summit, presented by the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition (NJBWC), will be held at the Bloustein School’s Special Events Forum, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, N.J. on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 8:00 a.m. –...