July 28, 2023 | In the News
How can we take advantage of the technology without harming the public? Society is often slow to appreciate that technological innovations have both positive and negative outcomes. Splitting the atom led to weapons that can destroy the planet, but also provided a...
July 28, 2023 | In the News
Reports on assets seized by cops, sexual assault remain in the works years after lawmakers required them Three and a half years ago, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law requiring police departments to publicly report on property they seize from the public during criminal...
July 18, 2023 | In the News
Dissecting the “Distracted Walking” Narrative Pedestrian deaths have risen by a staggering 35% between 2008 and 2017 in the United States. This alarming statistic has prompted widespread concern, with many attributing this to the rise of ‘distracted walking’. The...
July 14, 2023 | Research, Publications, and Reports
Metadata for an Integrated View of New Jersey’s Open Information Ecosystem. By Jim Samuel Open data and artificial intelligence (AI) are vital for future value creation. The value of aligning open data with AI development and deployment requirements has been...
July 14, 2023 | Research, Publications, and Reports
Urban Planning Mapping Networks, Resources, Gaps and Vulnerabilities in Middlesex County’s Emergency Food System During an Emergency Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on People, Pantries and Practices in the Emergency Food System Middlesex County Food Pantry...
July 13, 2023 | In the News
The Dodd-Frank Act’s provisions to protect municipal issuers lowered interest costs in the muni market by a significant amount, according to research released Tuesday. “I estimate that for an average bond issue, Dodd-Frank resulted in about $600,000...
July 12, 2023 | Research, Publications, and Reports
Originally posted in the online May 2023 edition of Planning Magazine, the printed Summer 2023 edition prominently features Nadia Mian, PhD and Rick Reinhard’s article “Transforming Empty Churches Into Affordable Housing” with a photo of a modern...
July 11, 2023 | In the News
Inequality lies at the heart of contemporary American politics—from the dizzying power of corporations and the billionaire class to the racialized and gendered dimensions of wealth and income disparities. Yet the question of economic justice, as well as the struggle...
July 11, 2023 | In the News
As the process to craft New Jersey’s state budget came to a chaotic close last month, rumors swirled about what needed to be done to ensure that the spending plan was final and complete by the time it made it to the governor’s desk. In each chamber of the...
July 7, 2023 | In the News
Arizona State University Professor David King and two colleagues, Michael Manville at UCLA and Michael Smart at Rutgers, decided to look at the falling socioeconomic status of carless people in the United States. In a paper published in 2019, they found that the...
