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New Jersey’s Strict New E-Bike Law: What Parents Need to Know
“A big part of the solution is safer street design. Communities can protect young riders by slowing traffic, building separated bike infrastructure, and improving trail crossings so drivers see people on bikes,” Von Hagen said.
“Everything about it tells you you should drive fast,” he said. “It looks like a highway. But you also have a lot of driveways, so you’re driving very fast and braking very often.”
Christiana Foglio, DC’84, BSPPP’86 Inducted to Rutgers Board of Governors
The Rutgers Board of Governors inducted Christiana “Chris” Foglio as the newest trustee members effective July 1.
Dr. Williams Elected Publications Officer for the Survey Research Methods Section (SRMS) of the American Statistical Association
Dr. Shar Williams was elected Publications Officer for the Survey Research Methods Section (SRMS) of the American Statistical Association in May 2026. Her term will begin in January 2027.
Jersey City Shadowed by 15% Tax Hike as Boomtown Faces Reckoning
“The effects we are seeing here are decisions that were driven by political forces that were not in the best long-term financial interest of the city,” said Marc Pfeiffer, associate director of Rutgers University’s Bloustein Local unit of the Center for Urban Policy Research, who also serves as chair of the city’s budget advisory committee. “Now they’re coming due.”
Smart and Von Hagen Discuss Safety Challenges of “Stroads” Using Route 1 as Example
According to Smart, that creates a design problem.
“Everything about it tells you you should drive fast,” he said. “It looks like a highway. But you also have a lot of driveways, so you’re driving very fast and braking very often.”
Listokin and Burchell Mentioned in Contributions to Fiscal Analysis
The field’s formal codification came in 1978, when Robert W. Burchell and David Listokin of Rutgers University published a seminal handbook outlining the six core estimation methods. Their work established the standard framework that practitioners still use. Burchell and Listokin continued refining the discipline through subsequent publications, including a practitioner’s guide in 1985.
Understanding Attrition in New Jersey’s Teacher Preparation Pipeline
The teacher pipeline in New Jersey reflects both national trends and state-specific structural conditions. Enrollment in EPPs has declined, and completion rates have dropped over time, mirroring broader national patterns of teacher attrition and shortages. At the same time, alternative certification pathways (CE and Limited CE) have reshaped entry into the profession. Policy changes in New Jersey have also influenced the dynamics of the teacher pipeline.
Building Pathways into Behavioral Health Careers for Men of Color
NYC Men Heal is a workforce development pilot program, to be implemented by the Young Men’s Initiative (YMI) in the Fall of 2026. The program is designed to support men of color (MoC) in building rewarding careers in behavioral health professions, including social work and mental health counseling.
The New Jersey Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights: An Implementation Analysis from the Perspective of Immigrant Workers
At the request of Lazos América Unida, the student research team explored the implementation of the DWBoR. The team conducted a document review of New Jersey materials and the experiences of three comparative states. The document review was complemented by insights from key stakeholders and domestic workers to assess how the protections enshrined in the law have been implemented in practice.
NJSPL: Building Safer Streets: Rapid Response, Emergency Streets, and Lessons for NJ
New Jersey’s own Target Zero Action plan, adopted in 2025, identified a need to implement a Rapid Response program for municipalities to enable emergency services to deploy safety countermeasures immediately after a fatal or serious injury crash. Researchers recently interviewed a variety of transportation experts within the city of Denver, which adopted its own Vision Zero Action plan in 2017.
Bloustein Leaders and Alumni Included in the InsiderNJ Top 100 Policy Makers Power List
The InsiderNJ Top 100 Policy Makers Power List identifies some of the most influential people involved in the development of public policy in New Jersey. Eight Bloustein School affiliates made the list this year.
Report Release: R/ECON Forecast Summer 2026
The Garden State’s economic outlook for Summer 2026 presents a picture of tempered growth and a labor market that, while stabilizing, remains under pressure. The state closed out 2025 with solid GDP growth but is expected to ease to considerably to 0.9% in both 2026 and 2027, roughly a full percentage point below the national levels.