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AIR COLLABORATIVE - PROJECTS - ACCESS RUTGERS GARDENS

Students Propose a Path, a Bridge, and a Bus to Rutgers Gardens


Student Projects
Apr 27, 2022

Rutgers Gardens comprise 180-acres of land and feature various gardens and plant collections, a farmers’ market, and natural habitats. This valuable resource is cut off from the campus through US Highway 1 and Ryder's Lane and is only accessible by car.

Following the March2RUGardens, students of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Rutgers School of Engineering and students of the Douglass Discovery Program of the Douglass Residential College worked on proposals for ADA accessible pedestrian-bicycle paths from Cook/Douglass Campus to Rutgers Gardens and a bridge over Ryder´s Lane.

The results (including a shuttle bus campaign for Cook’s Market) were presented at the gardens in April 2022 and students from the Rutgers film program chronicled the development process in a documentary video.

Collaborators

Husam Najm and Nenad Gucunski (School of Engineering) • Wolfram Hoefer (Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability at Rutgers SEBS) • Lauren Errickson (Rutgers Gardens) • Jackie Litt, Cody Grabbe (Douglass Residential College) with AIR Collaborative (Julia M. Ritter and Anette Freytag)

Support

School of Engineering • Douglass Residential College • School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Impact: Proposals on how to connect Cook/Douglass Campus and Rutgers Gardens through pedestrian-bicycle paths and three concepts of a bridge over Ryder´s Lane as well as a shuttle bus campaign to give faculty, students and New Brunswick residents access to the weekly Cook’s Market at the gardens.

Co-Founder Anette Freytag
Co-Founder Julia M Ritter
CEE SoE student Evan Bregenzer
CEE-SoE student Evan Bregenzer
CEE-SoE student Joshua Ratcliffe
CEE-SoE students Evan Bregenzer, Charlene Balmaceda, Sara Abboud Pathway
CEE-SoE students Evan Bregenzer and Sara Abboud
MGSA Dean Jason Geary, IPO Assistant Vice President Frank Wong, SEBS Professor Lena Struwe
Composer Brandon Williams and vocalist Sydney Forrester Wilson
SoE project mentor Husam Najm
DRC Douglass Discovery interns Alexis Serio and Hannah Wetter
DRC Douglass Discovery interns Priya Neill and Khushbu Patel with DRC staff Corina Hernandez
DRC intern Zoe Gold with DRC Director of Inclusion Corina Hernandez
Welcome sign
CEE-SoE student Charlene Balmaceda
CEE-SOE Dr Husam Najm, students Charlene Balmaceda and Sara Abboud
CEE-SoE students Kathleen Stavole, Isaac Robles, Joshua Ratcliffe, Kyle O Donnell and Andrew Nuñez displaying cable stayed bridge concept
CEE-SoE student Max Macquire
CEE-SoE students Evan England, Alex Barbella, and Benjamin Kritz displaying girder bridge concept
CEE-SoE students Hoyon Jeong, Max Maquire, Faraz Eliasvand, and Santier Paulino displaying truss bridge concept
School of Engineering Dean Thomas Farris
Composer Brandon Williams and vocalist Sydney Forrester Wilson
SoE project mentor Husam Najm
DRC Douglass Discovery interns Priya Neill, Khushbu Patel, Zoe Gold, Hannah Wetter, and Miranda Madrazo
DRC Douglass Discovery interns Zoe Gold and Miranda Madrazo
DRC interns and SoE students with guests

Logo: Allan Chan and Alexander Dworsky
Photography: Amanda Brown
Videography: Capri Leone and Tamara Tinawi