ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION AND INDEPENDENT AUTHORITIES COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 5764

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 15, 2025

      The Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 5764.

      As reported, this bill requires an operator who is actively engaged in operating an Access Link vehicle to announce, or cause to be announced by a recording system, every scheduled stop along the vehicle’s route.

     Under current law, only operators of transportation services along fixed route transportation systems are required to announce stops.  A fixed route transportation system operates along a prescribed route according to a fixed schedule.  As Access Link is a form of paratransit service, which excludes fixed route transportation services, operators of Access Link are not currently required to make such announcements.