Research Reports
Coordinating School and Public Transportation
As tax relief and aid diminish each year while transportation costs rise, New Jersey school districts are under increasing pressure to consolidate, reduce or eliminate bus services for students. [...]
Confronting School Bus Cuts
School districts throughout New Jersey are forced to make budget cuts, and transportation particularly courtesy busing or non state-mandated busing, is usually targeted. As a result, school districts are [...]
Pedestrian Lighting
This study was initiated because of the dangers that come with being a pedestrian at night in New Jersey. In 2002, New Jersey’s pedestrian fatality rate was greater than [...]
Safe Routes to NJ’s Disadvantaged Urban Schools
This study details the NJ Department of Transportation’s Urban Demonstration Program to understand why Safe Routes to School programs do not take hold as well and aims to empower [...]
Constructing & Financing Sidewalks
Performed in late 2006, this research was undertaken to explore how sidewalks in New Jersey are constructed, maintained, reconstructed and financed. Sidewalks are a complicated issue due to multiple [...]
Home Zone Concepts in New Jersey
This report probes the potential for the application of the Dutch concept of woonerf, or Home Zone, for the United States, and particularly New Jersey. In order to start [...]