Individuals living in poorer and less affluent neighborhoods spent less time at home during various COVID-19 lockdown orders, according to a new international study. After analyzing mobile data on millions of U.S. citizens, study authors say poorer families and...
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Here’s why poorer people are less able to stay at home amid Covid-19 pandemic
While the COVID-19 restrictions and lockdown have been introduced to obstruct the penetration of the contagious virus, a recent study that tracked data from millions of mobile phone users across the United States found, people living in deprived, less affluent...
Research: Bikeshare and subway ridership changes during the COVID-19 pandemic in NYC
Using open data sources on New York City’s Citi Bike system and turnstile entry data for the subway, Haoyun Wang and Robert Noland found that the pandemic had an impact on bikeshare and subway ridership.
NJTIP@Rutgers empowers: Making transit accessible and usable for New Jerseyans
NJTIP@Rutgers’ hands-on training was challenged and had to change, expanding its programs to provide training not just in transit but also the skills necessary to use the remote tools that have become so necessary over the past year.
Research: Pandemic has exposed fatal health inequities
The financialization of the U.S. healthcare system, water supply, and food supply chain have all contributed to health inequities that resulted in the health care disaster of COVID-19, which could have been avoided.
Sisters overcome family challenges to graduate with Honors
Before graduating with honors from the health administration program, sisters Lisa Diodoardo and Gianna Powell faced some hardship that would have derailed most people working toward a degree.
These were the in-demand industries that survived the pandemic
Even after businesses were allowed to partially re-open in late spring last year, many wound up going bankrupt, closing their doors forever. But there have been exceptions. Carl Van Horn, the director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers...
Strategically Virtual: A review of New Jersey public libraries’ virtual services
Researchers looked at NJ public library websites and how they have pivoted to virtual services, particularly focusing on the unemployment resources available.
How New Jersey Averted a Pandemic Financial Calamity
James W. Hughes, the former dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University, said the state’s decision to turn to borrowing made sense at the time. “It’s so overused, but whatever the term is — unprecedented, uncharted waters...
Strategically Virtual: Offering wellness activities in a virtual environment
Service providers can consider offering an array of wellness services that or refer customers to engage with these services privately.