This semester John Pucher is a visiting professor at UNC Chapel Hill’s Department of City & Regional Planning. He recently gave an enthusiastic and passionate talk “Promoting Cycling and Walking for Sustainable and Healthy Cities: Lessons from Europe and North...
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pedestrian safety
Fourth annual Bike and Walk Summit to be held at Bloustein School, February 23
The Fourth Annual Bike & Walk Summit, “Sharing Responsibility,” presented by the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition (NJBWC) in collaboration with the Bloustein School’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, will be held Saturday, February 23, 2013 from 8:00 am...
Bloustein students create documentary comparing planning issues in NJ to U.S. southern regions
The American Planning Association-New Jersey Chapter (APA-NJ) recently released a documentary created by Brandon Mckoy, 2012 Student Representative and fellow Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy student Susannah Dyen, that compares and contrasts...
Together North Jersey public workshop to gather information on Connected Communities in greater Monmouth County
The third public workshop for Connecting Community Corridors will be held on Tuesday, January 29 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Asbury Park Senior Center, 2nd Floor of the Springwood Center, 1201 Springwood Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ. This event will present the opportunity...
Together North Jersey hosting workshop 1/23 to gather information on complete communities along Route 202 corridor
The first public workshop for “Together 202: Reimagining Complete Communities Along a Connecting Corridor” will be held on Wednesday, January 23 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Assembly Room in Building #1 at the Hunterdon County Complex, 314 State Route 12, Flemington,...
“City Cycling”—Cycling Because It’s Faster
John Pucher and Ralph Buehler’s soon-to-be-released book, City Cycling, has just about everything you can imagine in it when it comes to cycling. With topics ranging from cycling trends to cycling safety to cycling infrastructure to the integration of cycling with...
Voorhees Transportation Center awarded grant for “New Brunswick Sustainable Safe Streets Initiative”
In October 2011 Rutgers University established theCommunity-University Research Grants for New Brunswick, designed to encourage the development of new initiatives to enhance the university’s ties with New Brunswick. The grants range from $2,500 to $25,000 and provide...
New Jersey Ambassadors in Motion debut at opening of the Route 52 Causeway Bridge in Ocean City
Route 52 Causeway Bridge Opening The New Jersey Department of Transportation, Somers Point, Ocean City and other officials formally opened the new $400 million Route 52 Causeway Bridge connecting Somers Point and Ocean on Thursday, May 24, 2012. The grand opening...
EJB alum discusses pedestrian safety on New Jersey Public Radio
On Monday, May 14 recent alumnus Dan Kravetz MCRP-MPP ’12 was a guest on New Jersey Public Radio discussing pedestrian safety. The story, which used research completed by Kravetz and Dr. Robert Noland, also appears inTransportation Nation. Kravetz found that a...