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Rutgers University Multimodal Planning

City of New Brunswick

Douglass Discovery Village is a new campus hub at Rutgers University designed to enhance connectivity, accessibility, and activity at key campus areas. The project aligns with the University’s master plan to create vibrant, sustainable spaces that serve students, staff, and the surrounding community while supporting long-term campus growth.

VHB provided planning services to evaluate campus circulation, transit access, and multimodal connectivity. The team assessed vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle networks, identified opportunities to strengthen infrastructure, and analyzed transit operations and parking demand to improve efficiency and accessibility.

By integrating mobility, safety, and sustainability considerations, VHB’s work helps shape a campus environment that is cohesive, resilient, and adaptable to future needs.

A red, white and black Rutgers bus under a red canopied bus stop. Rutgers bus stopping on a two-way campus street with a bike lane across the road. Pedestrian crosswalk with a stop sign, bus lane, and bike lane.

Clients

  • Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP

  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Services

  • Bikeway & Pedestrian Planning & Design

  • Campus Mobility

  • Parking Studies, Design & Engineering

  • Pedestrian Safety Studies

  • Site Planning & Design

  • Traffic Analysis

  • Traffic Impact Analysis

  • Transportation Planning & Engineering

  • Multimodal Transportation Planning & Design

Representative Projects

1- Large brick student housing building with green grass and blooming bioretention basin.

JMU Potomac Hall Harrisonburg, VA

A sky bridge connecting two glass buildings.

UMass Chan Medical School Education and Research Building Worcester, MA

Artist colored rendering of exterior of new academic building with walkways and green space.

Wesleyan University Science Building Middletown, CT

Exterior view of the new building surrounded by students moving through campus.

NC State University Integrative Sciences Building Raleigh, NC

The front entrance of the new School of Data Science at UVA.

University of Virginia Ivy Corridor Charlottesville, VA

View of the mountains from the top of the parking deck at Western Carolina University.

Western Carolina University Campus Master Plan Cullowhee, NC

UNC-P Baseball Complex rendering of homeplate with stadium seating.

UNC Baseball & Softball Complex Pembroke, NC

A digital rendering of Brown University’s new Performing Arts Center surrounding a green space with trees and students walking across a crosswalk.

Lindemann Performing Arts Center at Brown University Providence, RI

The road leading into Duke University, with people walking on sidewalks and the campus in the background.

Sustainable EV Fleet Infrastructure Plan Durham, NC

Waterfront tennis facility under construction.

Columbia University Tennis Facility New York, NY

Blue entrance sign to the University of Connecticut.

UCONN Supplemental Utility Plant Storrs, CT

Young woman leaning on electric vehicle while it charges.

UMass Electric Vehicle Charging Plan Amherst, MA

Plantings in bloom in front of the entrance to UVA’s Davenport Field.

Davenport Field Expansion Charlottesville, VA

A color rendering of a vehicular and pedestrian entry plaza on a college campus with trees lining the path.

University of Florida Campus Gateway Improvements Gainesville, FL

Modern Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering building at Northeastern University.

Northeastern University Climate Justice Action Plan Boston, MA

Students walk alongside the Brown University Engineering Research Center (ERC)

Brown University Providence, RI

Students board train at Dinky station.

Princeton University Princeton, NJ

Exterior of new Dr. Phillips Academic Commons building.

University of Central Florida Downtown Campus Orlando, FL

Kornblau Field on the ODU campus.

ODU's Kornblau Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA

View of the University of Virginia’s Athletic Complex natural turf practice fields with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the background.

University of Virginia Athletics Complex Charlottesville, VA

People playing tennis at the outdoor tennis courts with the Margot Connell Recreation Center in the background.

Boston College Margot Connell Recreation Center Chestnut Hill, MA

Aerial photo of University of Southern Maine at dusk

University of Southern Maine Portland, ME

Cars driving around and exiting a roundabout

UCONN NW Science Quad Roundabout Storrs, CT

Green trees line the front of Trevor Colbourn Hall.

UCF Trevor Colbourn Hall Orlando, FL

SPARC Kips Bay Campus Rendering.

SPARC Kips Bay New York, NY

A person wearing a high-visibility vest holding a surveying instrument (NavVis VLX) outside a building with snow on the ground.

Wesleyan Wood Frame Housing Study Middletown, CT

Aerial view of a college campus with multiple buildings surrounding a busy central plaza, greenery, and pedestrian pathways.

The Corner Development Project North Andover, MA

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