The Voorhees Transportation Center: A Leader in Transportation Research, Education and Training

<p><a href="https://vtc.rutgers.edu/jon-a-carnegie/" target="_blank">Jon Carnegie</a>, Executive Director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) at the Bloustein School, joins <a href="https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/shapiro">Stuart Shapiro</a> on EJB Talks this week. VTC is a&nbsp;leader in transportation planning and policy research and education at the national, regional, and state levels. Jon talks about VTC's&nbsp;core strengths related to transportation in the built environment and its work in&nbsp;transit-oriented development, pedestrian and bicycle mobility and safety, healthy community design, smart growth, and transportation and social equity. They discuss the relationship between transportation, social justice, and the environment.&nbsp; He tells Stuart about some of their exciting outreach and research including the New Jersey Travel Independence Program (NJTIP@Rutgers), VTC's partnership with the New Jersey Climate Change Alliance&nbsp;which is centered around decarbonizing the transportation sector, and the center's cross-disciplinary work with the Rutgers Schools of Engineering (SOE) and Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, just to name a few.&nbsp;Tune in for all the details!</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ejbtalks/message