THE STATE OF JERSEY POLITICS: A group of local Democrats gathered at the Westwood Community Center on Sunday for a forum on big changes in Jersey’s always-active political world. The event — organized by local Dem leader Ruth Dugan — featured talk of the Roxbury ICE battle, the death of the county line, and whether the state should implement ranked-choice voting. Rutgers University professor Julia Sass Rubin said the county line’s demise has led to more candidates, an uptick in voter turnout, and 11% of the 57 Democrats in the Assembly winning their seats despite not getting a county party endorsement. “This feels like small steps, but they’re not. … Ending the county line opens up the possibility for real reform in our state,” Rubin said.
Ralph and White: Is Induced Travel Covered in Transportation Engineering Textbooks?
By Dr. Kelcie Ralph and Ellen Oettinger White (PhD '23) published this article in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Abstract Induced travel is the new travel that materializes after expanding infrastructure, and accounting...