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NJPO Honors Martin Robins with 2008 Achievement in Planning Award
The New Jersey Planning Officials presented VTC Senior Fellow Martin E. Robins with a 2008 Achievement in Planning Award at its anual conference in April, honoring his 35 years of service in transportation planning and policy. Robins served as VTC director from 2003 through 2006 after founding its predecessor, the Voorhees Transportation Policy Institute in 1998. Robins has managed two of New Jersey's largest transit projects --Access to the Region's Core, a project to construct the first new trans-Hudson rail tunnels in 100 years; and the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Line, one of the nation's fastest growing new transit systems.
NJ Energy Master Plan, Transportation Stakeholders Workshop
On behalf of the NJ Department of Transportation, VTC on February
20 convened a half-day workshop to solicit public comment
on strategies for reducing petroleum consumption by 20 percent
over the next 15 years.
Click here for the opening presentation.
Click here for strategy matrix.
Turnpike for Sale? Privatization and the Public Interest
On January 31, Northeastern University Professor and author Joseph
Giglio presented his views on privatizing public
assets. Afterwords, VTC Senior Fellow Martin E. Robins moderated
a panel that included:
State Treasurer Bradley Abelow
Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri
Senator Raymond Lesniak, Chairman, Senate Economic Growth Committee
Assemblyman John Wisniewski, Chairman, Assembly Transportation Committee
Click here to view the podcast.
Amtrak Chairman David M. Laney
On December 5, Amtrak Chairman David M. Laney delivered a presentation
on Amtrak and U.S. Intercity Passenger Rail:
Prospecting for a Future. Click here
to view the podcast.
Senior Safe Mobility Implementation Consortium
On July 11, the Senior Safe Mobility Implementation Consortium met at
the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
For a copy of the consortium's December 14, 2005 meeting
report, click here
Progress and Future, 2nd Transit Village Symposium
On June 9, over 150 participants took part in a half-day event at the Edward J.
Bloustein School regarding New Jersey's Transit Village program
that was sponsored by VTC, the NJDOT, NJ TRANSIT and the New
Jersey State League of Municipalities. Speakers included Transportation
Commissioner Kris Kolluri, NJ TRANSIT Board Member and Belmar
Mayor Kenneth Pringle, and Bill Dressell, executive director
of the League of Municipalities.
Click here
to view the podcast of the event.
United We Ride Week
A series of events was held the week of December 5-9 to explore how to better coordinate transportation
services in New Jersey for seniors, people with disabilities,
rural residents and the transportation disadvantaged. The
events were co-sponsored by VTC, NJ TRANSIT, NJDOT, NJ Department
of Human Services, NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Click here
for more details; for Text Only version, click here.
To view the final report, "Meeting
the Employment Transportation Needs of People with Disabilities
in New Jersey," click here
To view the Executive Summary, click here
SAFETEA-LU: Is It Good for New Jersey?
VTC hosted a half-day conference on October 12 featuring prominent federal and
state transportation experts who assessed the impact of the
new federal transportation bill on New Jersey.
Congressman William J. Pascrell, Jr. (D-8th
Dist.) was the keynote speaker.
Panelists included:
Jack Lettiere, NJ transportation commissioner
and immediate past president, American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
Arthur Guzzetti, director of policy and advocacy,
American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
Mort Downey, former US Deputy Secretary of
Transportation
Emil Frankel, former US Assistant Secretary
of Transportation
Anne Canby, president, Surface Transportation
Policy Project
Terrorism 2005-06:Is New Jersey Safe?
VTC and the Center for Urban Policy
Research on September 27 co-hosted Admiral James M.
Loy, the former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, who addressed key security preparedness
issues facing New Jersey.
Putting the Trust Back in the Transportation Trust Fund
The Regional Plan Association, in
conjunction with VTC, the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning
and Public Policy, the AAA Clubs of New Jersey,and and Tri-State
Transportation Campaign, released a report July 15 on the
state of transportation financing in New Jersey.
Caucus: New Jersey
Rutgers President Richard McCormick and VTC Director Martin Robins
joined with Caucus: New Jersey host Steve Adubato in
a panel discussion regarding transportation
in New Jersey entitled “The Shape of Things to Come.”
The program aired June 25 on Thirteen/WNET New York.
For announcement, click here
Transforming Transportation
Anne Canby, President of the Washington-based
Surface Transportation Policy Project,
spoke March 29, 2005, at the Edward J. Bloustein School of
Planning and Public Policy as part of the Alan M. Voorhees
Distinguished Speaker Series. Ms. Canby addressed the need
for balance in transportation planning between highways and
other modes, as well as the criticality of incorporating transportation
needs in land use planning.
Program
Bypass Roads: A Before and After Evaluation of Impacts
Senior Project Manager Allan
Lichtenstein presented a summary of his study into the impact
of bypass roads at the American Planning Association's 2005
National Planning Conference held in San Francisco on March
22, 2005. Presentation
Safe Mobility at Any Age
The sixth and final forum in
a year-long series regarding transportation alternatives for
those who cannot or choose not to drive. The final forum was
used as a synthesis workshop to review the presentations delivered
at the first five forums and begin developing systemic and
integrated policy reforms. Co-hosted with the New Jersey
Foundation for Aging.
Rutgers University Labor Education
Center, New Brunswick
December 16, 2004
Resource Page
Land Use and Transportation
New Jersey Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chairman Jack Lettiere
spoke December 6, 2004 at the Edward J. Bloustein School of
Planning and Public Policy as part of the Alan M. Voorhees
Distinguished Speaker Series. Commssioner Lettiere spoke of
new Smart Growth approaches to combat congestion.
Program,
Courier News article
Improving the Health of New Jersey's Communities Through University Partnerships
An inter-disciplinary half-day conference was conducted
for University staff to address issues of obesity and inactivity
in New Jersey.
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
December 3, 2004
Agenda
The Intriguing History and Outcome of the Penn's Neck Area DEIS
A seminar co-sponsored with the
Rutgers University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Martin E. Robins, Director, Alan M. Voorhees Transportation
Center.
Science and Engineering Resource Center, Rutgers University,
Piscataway
November 10, 2004
Intelligent Transportation Systems
A seminar co-sponsored with the
Rutgers University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Matthew Edelman, Executive Director, TRANSCOM.
Special Events Forum, Bloustein School of Planning and Public
Policy
November 3, 2004
Filling the Trust Fund Pothole: New Jersey's Transportation
Financing Challenges
Assembly Transportation Committee Chairman John
Wisniewski
Distinguished Senior Transportation Fellow Louis J.
Gambaccini
May 5, 2004 Program.
ARRIVE-21: The Case for Public Investment in Rail Infrastructure
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-DE)
NJ TRANSIT Executive Director George D. Warrington
April 5, 2004 Program.
Common Ground:
An invitational leadership conference to advance walking,
biking and healthy community design.
Dina Matos McGreevey, First Lady of New Jersey
February 6, 2004
Conference
Report | Ian
Lockwood: Transportation Prescription for Healthy Cities
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Photos
Second Annual New Jersey Transportation Conference:
Trenton War Memorial
February 9, 2004 Martin
Robins Remarks
Evaluation of the New Jersey Transit Village Initiative:
Dr. Jan Wells and John Renne
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
October 10, 2003 Website
New Jersey Transit Villages: A Winning Strategy for Smart Growth
Conference on Housing and Community Development, Atlantic City, NJ.
September 23, 2003 Martin
Robins Presentation
Emerging European-Style Planning in the United States: Transit-Oriented Development
ACSP-AESOP Third Joint Congress, Leuven, Belgium.
July 9, 2003 Presentation
by Jan Wells, John Renne
Bi-State Interdependence Symposium: The Economy and Transportation
VTC and Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management
New York University
May 6, 2003 Summary
Proceedings
Moving Transportation in the Right Direction
New Jersey Clean Air Council Annual Public Hearing
April 2, 2003 Martin
Robins Remarks
Federal Transportation Policy, Bicycling and Public Health
Congressman James L. Oberstar (D-MN)
March 24, 2003 Program
The Implications of “Back to Basics”
NJ TRANSIT Executive Director George D. Warrington
November 14, 2002 Program
Making National Transportation Policy: The Next Surface
Transportation Act
Assistant U. S. Secretary of Transportation Emil Frankel
September 12, 2002 Program
Reconnecting America: A Vision for Transportation in the Post-9/11 Era
Scott Bernstein, President, Center for Neighborhood and Technology
February 13, 2002 Program
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