Bill > A5806

Introduced Session

This bill requires the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) to provide two weeks' notice of routine maintenance and significant closure on motorbus routes, rail lines, and light rail lines. The notice is required to: be given in writing to any municipality, institute of higher education, and elementary or secondary school that is expected to be affected by the routine maintenance or significant closure; be posted publicly at transit facilities; be made available through a mobile application operated by NJ Transit; and include information on alternative transit options. Continuing notice is required to be posted on NJ Transit's website until the routine maintenance is completed or until any interrupted service is restored. NJ Transit is required to provide public service announcements and to establish a rider educational campaign regarding the services available through its mobile application.

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Roy Freiman (D)*,  Lisa Swain (D)*,  Chris Tully (D)*,  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D),  Jay Webber (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee (on 11/07/2019)

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