“The absolute first step in having an equitable bike-share system is that there has to be access to the system. So there has to be bike-share stations in underserved communities,” McNeil added. Rutgers professor and transportation researcher Charles T. Brown agrees,...
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Bike-Share Still Has a Race Problem
Charles Brown, a transportation expert at Rutgers University, says that one reason the programs have struggled to reach minorities is that minority groups have different traditions, languages and cultures but seem to be treated as one large entity by bike-share...
Voorhees Transportation Center, NJTPA are recipients of APA National Planning Achievement Public Outreach award
The American Planning Association’s (APA) National Planning Awards annually recognize outstanding efforts in planning and planning leadership. This year, the awards committee recognized five Excellence recipients, and honored an additional 16 recipients with...
VTC's Charles Brown nominated for 2017 L.A. Streetsies Advocate of the Year
Charles Brown, Senior Research Specialist with the Bloustein School's Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, has been nominated for the StreetsBlog Los Angeles "2017 L.A. Streetsies: Advocate of the Year" award. Voting is now open and runs through noon on January 10,...
How will autonomous vehicles affect our towns and cities?
Rutgers Researcher Jon Carnegie says what he would add to the conversation is the possibility of using the technology in public transit. “There is some interesting innovation going on in places around the country, including Jacksonville, Florida and the Tampa area...
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...
Somerville wins state award for keeping streets safe
"We were incredibly pleased with the quality of nominations we received for the 2017 awards," said Charles Brown, senior research manager at the Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University. "The 2017 award recipients have gone above and beyond in implementing...
Bloustein MCRP candidates Daehee Kim, Thalya Reyes receive APTF scholarships
The American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) recently announced that Bloustein School Masters in City and Regional Planning (MCRP) students Daehee Kim and Thalya Reyes (dual MPP candidate) are the recipients of 2017 APTF Scholarships. This marks the seventh...
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...
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