SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 1768
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
The Senate Transportation Committee reports favorably Senate
Bill No. 1768.
As reported, this bill requires an owner or operator of certain
autobuses to develop a route schedule for each autobus providing
fixed route service and to publish the route schedule on the website
of the owner or operator and at each transportation facility, station,
stop, or stand where the autobus provides fixed route service. The
term “autobus” applies to, with certain limited exceptions, a
privately-owned autobus operated in intrastate or interstate business
over the public highways in this State for the transportation of not
more than 40 passengers for hire.
The owner or operator of a ferry service is required to post a
route schedule, along with the table of rates, in a manner that is
visible to passengers entering the boat and on the website of the
owner or operator of the ferry.
The bill also requires the New Jersey Transit Corporation
(NJ Transit), the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
(PANYNJ), and the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) to
develop and publish route schedules for each motorbus regular
route service route, rail passenger service route, ferry passenger
service route, commuter railroad route, or Port Authority Transit
Corporation (PATCO) route operated by the respective agency at
each transportation facility, station, stop, or stand providing service
to the route and on the agency’s website.
This bill requires an owner or operator of ferries, certain owner
or operator of autobuses, NJ Transit, the PANYNJ, and the DRPA
to update their respective websites with any changes to a route
schedule and to post the changes in the same manner as the original
route schedules were posted, within 30 days of the changes taking
effect.
This bill was prefiled for introduction in the 2024-2025 session
pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes
required by technical review, which has been performed.