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Identifying Colonial Roads in Southern New Jersey: An application of remote sensing, field and archival methods to document the locations, condition and routes of critical American Revolutionary War supply chains

Date and Time: Wednesday, July 26: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Grand Ballroom A

 

Lead Presenter: Jonathan Peters

Professor of Finance and Data Analytics, The City University of New York

Speaker Biography

Jonathan R. Peters is a professor of finance and data analytics in the Accounting and Finance Department in the Lucille and Jay Chazanoff School of Business at the College of Staten Island of The City University of New York.

He is also a Member of the Doctoral Faculty in the Ph.D. Program in Economics and in the Ph.D. Program in Earth and Environmental Science at the CUNY Graduate School and is a Research Fellow at The University Transportation Research Center at The City College of New York. Dr. Peters has also taught Geospatial Humanities in the CUNY Graduate Center M.A. Program in Digital Humanities..

Dr. Peters has and is serving as an expert and chair on panels at the National Academy of Sciences and is a subject matter expert in the areas of transportation finance, demand management, social justice and road pricing. He is currently a member of the Trucking Research Committee at the Transportation Research Board.

Dr. Peters conducts research in the areas of geospatial analysis, historic trails and roads, regional planning, road and mass transit financing, corporate and public sector performance metrics, social justice, capital costs and performance management.

He has recently published in Transportation Research A, the Journal of Public Transportation and the Transportation Research Record of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Presentation Description/Paper Summary

Abstract: This paper explores the identification, use and preservation of historic roads in the State of New Jersey that primarily travel through public lands. The authors examine in detail the historical significance of a number of unpaved routes that continue to exist in Burlington County, New Jersey as well as discuss various methods that can be used to identify routes with historical significance and document their physical characteristics. Field research was conducted to establish the current location of these historic routes, using LiDAR, GPS and GIS methods to estimate their likely date of construction. Further examination and mapping of these routes was undertaken, followed by documentation of the historical events linked to their use, thus establishing historical context. We have identified likely routes used as critical Revolutionary War supply routes. The paper concludes with a discussion of appropriate actions that should be considered in the preservation of these routes and offers planners some options in terms of public policy.

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