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...
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transportation
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...
Transit expert looks past summer repairs to need for Gateway Tunnel
There’s arguably no one who knows more about NJ Transit and its troubles than former Former Deputy Executive Director Martin Robins. He’s also the Founding Director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center. NJTV Online (interview), July 10, 2017
After Penn Station Repairs, Gateway Tunnel Is Next Worry
The first day of major track repairs by Amtrak at New York Penn Station went off relatively smoothly for NJ Transit. This was because “NJ Transit had a straight forward plan and they executed it very well,” said Martin Robins, former deputy executive director of NJ...
What is the cost of damage to city vehicles in accidents?
The accident reports for the five cities and municipalities reviewed by MyCentralJersey.com spanned six years, from 2011 to 2016, and included accidents in which public employees were at fault and also accidents in which they were not. The majority of the accidents...
Bloustein Faculty Profile: Mike Smart, assistant professor of transportation planning
by Paul Hislip, Communications intern (Class of 2018) I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Bloustein School assistant professor Michael Smart, whose primary research has explored the ways in which social networks embedded in particular neighborhoods of...
Michael Replogle to present 2017 VTC Distinguished Lecture
Michael Replogle, Deputy Commissioner for Policy at the New York City Department of Transportation will present the 2017 Alan M. Voorhees Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, April 11. He will discuss, "Safe, Green, Smart and Equitable Transportation for New York City."...
Bloustein School faculty and staff are major presence at annual New Jersey Planning Conference
On January 26-27, the American Planning Association New Jersey chapter and the Bloustein School presented the 2017 New Jersey Planning Conference. As the only planning school in the state, faculty and staff from the Bloustein School have a major presence during the...
New study by Voorhees Transportation Center estimates cost to build and maintain NJDOT roads
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials have announced the release of a new study conducted by Rutgers University’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center that determined the average cost to plan, construct, operate, and maintain one mile of roadway...
Three Bloustein School students selected as Presidential Management Fellows finalists
Three Master of City and Regional Planning students from the Bloustein School – Channing Bickford, Julene Paul, and Ai Yamanaka – have been named Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) finalists by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The Presidential Management...