April 21, 2025 | In the News
School taxes are about to rise significantly in many New Jersey communities, as a decades-old rule that held down property tax increases is about to lifted temporarily in some places… “The real kicker at the end of the day has been the ongoing...
April 18, 2025 | In the News
Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti — a former state transportation commissioner and chief of staff to Gov. Phil Murphy — recently took a job as a senior vice president at the engineering firm WSP while maintaining a part-time role as an adviser to Murphy. Gutierrez-Scaccetti...
April 17, 2025 | In the News
An Asian-owned company based in Nashville will be permitted to retain the $1.73 billion contract it won last year to run the E-ZPass electronic toll-collection system on the New Jersey Turnpike and other state roads. The ruling in favor of TransCore, a subsidiary of a...
April 16, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Explaining Youth Driver Licensing Determinants Using XGBoost and SHAP by Kailai Wang, Jonas De Vos, Michael Smart, Sicheng Wang Highlights Examined trend in youth driver licensing between Millennials and GenZ in the US. Used explainable AI approaches to understand...
April 14, 2025 | In the News
With The Star-Ledger ending its print edition and The Jersey Journal shutting down, New Jersey’s media landscape is changing fast. But does the decline of print mean the end of local journalism? A new report from the Bloustein School at Rutgers University called The...
April 11, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Improved Access to Behavioral Health Care for Patients in a Large New York City Behavioral Health Clinic by the Transition to Telemedicine Abstract Objective To examine the transition to telemental health within the behavioral health program of a large federally...
April 10, 2025 | In the News
By Anthony Birritteri, Editor-in-Chief On Apr 9, 2025 With the slew of foreign trade tariffs introduced by President Donald Trump last week now reduced to just 10% for a 90-day period for most countries – and top administration officials saying more than 75 countries...
April 9, 2025 | In the News
No longer ensconced in the proverbial Ivory Tower, colleges and universities are increasingly teaming up with industry leaders across all sectors to deliver “skills-based” education that puts students on the path to lucrative careers. With students laser focused on...
April 7, 2025 | Urban Planning Studios
View StoryMap The purpose of this studio is to study the provision and implementation of HRC’s (Harm Reduction Centers) in New Jersey by directive of the public law signed into effect in 2021. In addition to existing HRC’s in 7 different locations, the NJDOH...
April 4, 2025 | In the News
Twenty-eight New Jersey businesses announced layoffs of a combined 3,618 workers in the first quarter of 2025, more than double the 1,753 layoffs announced by 118 companies during the same period in 2024. This quarter’s numbers come as businesses grapple with...
April 3, 2025 | In the News
Some 62,000 people and 56,000 homes on and near the New Jersey Shore will see at least one annual flood because of sea-level rise by 2050, even if the world makes sweeping cuts to carbon emissions now, according to a new online tool released Wednesday by Climate...
April 1, 2025 | In the News
By Marc Pfeiffer (Published April 1, 2025 at ICMA.org) This article is for you if your organization hasn’t had the opportunity to assess your data and how it’s used. If you’ve had that discussion and have embarked on a data management process, feel free to move on to...
March 27, 2025 | In the News
British banking giant Barclays is laying off another 78 employees in Whippany this year, public filings show, in addition to 69 employees handed the pink slip in January. The layoffs will go into effect between June 23 and July 7, according to public filings. Oksana...
March 26, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Counter-GIS Experiments in Distance Interpolation with the Relational Reprojection Platform Abstract In this paper, we discuss the cartographic genealogy and prospective uses of the Relational Reprojection Platform (RRP), an interactive tool that we built to create...
