Bill > A4809

Introduced Session

This bill requires the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) to adopt a contingency plan in the event that a rail passenger train or light rail vehicle owned or operated by NJ Transit becomes immobilized inside of a tunnel. The plan is to provide that NJ Transit exercise due diligence to safely relocate the train or vehicle to a location outside of the tunnel within one hour of the immobilization. If that is not possible, the plan is to require NJ Transit to exercise due diligence to safely evacuate the passengers from the train or vehicle and relocate them to a location outside of the tunnel within one hour of the immobilization. If NJ Transit fails to safely evacuate and relocate the passengers within one hour, NJ Transit is required to issue a report and to appear before any legislative committee, upon request by that committee, explaining why NJ Transit failed to meet the required timeframe.

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Robert Clifton (R)*,  BettyLou DeCroce (R)*,  Nancy Muñoz (R)*,  Amy Handlin (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee (on 05/18/2017)