Objectives:

The study intends to achieve three objectives:

Project Description

The recent advances in tidal energy technology, demonstration projects and tidal site permitting have focused interest on understanding the statewide potential for tidal energy system to help meet New Jersey State goals to achieve 20% renewable energy generation by 2020. Contributing to the overall mix of alternative energy sources during the next ten years will result in increased job generation and overall economic stimulus as well as a reduction of atmospheric concentrations of GHGs and CO2 known to impact climate change.

By sheer size (roughly 2.8 million people), Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island could be considered an urban area, but they are in fact metropolitan suburban counties contiguous to New York City. Annual vehicle miles traveled (17.5 billion in the two counties) reflect their ongoing dependence on automobile, and presage increasing amounts of congestion with its accompanying lost time and dollars.

Project Description

Project Description

The Scope of Work (SOW) involves several components, as listed in the RFP for Project C-06-20, broken down into two phases and nine (9) separate tasks/subtasks. A more detailed description of the SOW by task is provided later in this section. In Phase I, Task 1, a kick-off meeting shall be conducted between the Research Team (Rutgers University) and the NYSDOT Technical Working Group (TWG) to discuss the final acceptance of the SOW.

Walking is arguably one of the more dangerous modes of travel in the United States. A study by the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership (STPP) estimated that in 2001, the fatality rate per 100 million miles traveled was 20.1 for pedestrians, compared to only 1.3 for personal cars/trucks, and 0.8 for public transit. The vulnerability of pedestrians in motor vehicle-related crashes is higher in large central cities where large numbers of people walk in relatively compact urban environments.

This proposed research will build on efforts to understand pedestrian behavior, safety, and activity in New Jersey. The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center is currently in the process of implementing a pedestrian behavior survey that will collect data on various aspects of pedestrian travel in New Jersey, funded by New Jersey DOT. The overall objective of this research is to understand the demographic, locational, land use, and infrastructure elements that are associated with both increased walking behavior and perceptions of a safe pedestrian environment.