[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" background_color="#f9f9f9" custom_padding="0px||0px||false|false" sticky_position="top" box_shadow_style="preset3" box_shadow_vertical="3px" box_shadow_blur="8px" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" width="100%" max_width="100%" custom_padding="|20px||20px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" link_text_color="#454D53" text_orientation="center" text_font_size_tablet="" text_font_size_phone="18px" text_font_size_last_edited="on|phone" global_colors_info="{}" link_text_color__hover_enabled="on|desktop" link_text_color__hover="#CC0033" theme_builder_area="post_content"]<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="#about">ABOUT</a>  |  <a href="#mission">MISSION</a>  |  <a href="#staff">STAFF</a>  |  <a href="#board">ADVISORY BOARD</a>  |  <a href="#partners">PARTNERS </a></p>[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built="1" module_id="about" _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_row column_structure="2_5,3_5" _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_column type="2_5" _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_image src="https://bcsr.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/jrp0426_0185-copy-1024x681-1.jpg" title_text="jrp0426_0185-copy-1024x681-1" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content" sticky_enabled="0"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_5" _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content" sticky_enabled="0"]<h1>About Us</h1>
<p>As a research center of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, the Bloustein Center for Survey Research brings together expertise in a wide range of public policy areas with a full complement of research designs and methodologies. Our mission is to conduct high quality survey and evaluation research that meets the needs of our clients and advances understanding of contemporary social and public health issues.</p>
<p>The Bloustein Center for Survey Research directors and staff have more than 80 years combined experience conducting survey and evaluation research. The BCSR is a full-service research center offering clients assistance with study and sampling design, multiple method data collection, focus groups, analysis, reports, and presentations.</p>
<p>The BCSR staff has extensive experience conducting survey and evaluation research in various public policy fields. The center has conducted needs assessments, program evaluations, tracking studies, and outreach analyses in education, social services, health and health care, maternal and child health, behavioral health, disability assessment, the environment, sustainability, business, and transportation.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url="/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RU-VTC_2021-2025-StrategicPlan.pdf" url_new_window="on" button_text="View Our Strategic Plan" _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][/et_pb_button][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built="1" module_id="mission" _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" background_color="#f9f9f9" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"]<h2>Our Mission</h2>[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"]<p><img class="alignright wp-image-201 " src="https://bcsr.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/jrp0426_0185-copy-1024x681-1.jpg" alt="Edward J. Bloustein School building" width="433" height="288" />The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) solves problems, shares knowledge, and informs decisions. We do this by engaging with our research customers, policy makers, and civic leaders, conducting leading-edge research, delivering high-quality training and education programs, and providing insightful technical assistance on a range of critical transportation planning and policy topics. We pursue our mission with a strong commitment to equity, empathy, empowerment, and social justice.</p>
<h3>Our Core Activities</h3>
<p>VTC addresses a broad array of transportation and mobility topics. In addition to addressing emerging topics in transportation such as shared mobility, micro-mobility, automated vehicles, and big data in transportation, the Center has long-standing, core strengths related to:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Transportation and the built environment</strong>, including transit-oriented development, pedestrian and bicycle mobility and safety, complete streets, “healthy community” design, and smart growth.</li>
<li><strong>Transportation and social equity</strong>, including access for the transportation disadvantaged, environmental justice and safe routes to school.</li>
<li><strong>Transportation and the environment</strong>, including energy consumption, air pollution, climate change, and green infrastructure solutions to mitigate the negative effects of transportation on the environment.</li>
<li><strong>Transportation finance and the economy</strong>, including the costs of transportation, sustainable funding, and the economic impacts of transportation investments.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other areas of expertise include strategic governance, motor vehicle licensing policy, transportation resilience, and the role transportation plays in emergency management and evacuation planning.</p>
<p>Consistent with the missions of both the University and the Bloustein School, VTC undertakes activity in three core areas.</p>[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" custom_padding="6px|||||" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"]<h2 style="text-align: left;">What We Do</h2>[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_3,1_3,1_3" use_custom_gutter="on" gutter_width="2" _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_column type="1_3" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"]<h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://vtc.rutgers.edu/publications-2022/">Research</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: left;">We conduct interdisciplinary applied and academic research on aspects of transportation policy and planning which are of a critical nature and which are not otherwise addressed by conventional sponsors.</p>[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_3" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"]<h3 style="text-align: left;">Education &amp; Training</h3>
<p style="text-align: left;">We provide educational opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students through opportunities to participate in “hands-on” research projects and transportation planning studio courses. In collaboration with the Federal Transit Administration and other transportation agencies at all levels, we develop and deliver training and education programs for the transit industry, government officials and the public at-large.</p>[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_3" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"]<h3>Service</h3>
<p>We provide transportation expertise to citizens and policy makers on a range of transportation issues; convene forums, conferences, and seminars on critical issues involving transportation; and maintain a commitment to disseminating information related to critical transportation issues, simplifying and clarifying transportation data and information for popular understanding, to improve the quality of choices made by voters and public officials.</p>[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built="1" module_id="staff" _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" background_color="#FFFFFF" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.3" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.3" 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left;">Partners</h3>[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"]<strong><a href="https://bcsr.rutgers.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloustein Center for Survey Research (BCSR)</a></strong>

BCSR is a full-service research center offering clients assistance with study design, sampling, multiple method data collection, focus groups, analysis, reports and presentations.

<strong><a href="https://cait.rutgers.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT)</a></strong>

CAIT is a  National University Transportation Center  aimed at advancing the safe, efficient, economical, and environmentally sound movement of people and goods in the nation and beyond.

<strong><a href="https://eac.rutgers.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Environmental Analysis and Communications (EAC)</a></strong>

EAC is a University-based center of research, outreach, training and service focused on the analysis and communication of environmental issues facing communities, governments, businesses and organizations.

<a href="https://njhic.rutgers.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>New Jersey Health Impact Collaborative (NJHIC)</strong></a>

NJHIC promotes the integration of public health impacts into planning and decision-making about projects and policies.  NJHIC advances the practice of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) as a tool to improve planning and decision-making throughout New Jersey.

<strong><a href="https://rwv.rutgers.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement</a></strong>

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