ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION AND INDEPENDENT AUTHORITIES COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 5064

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 1, 2026

      The Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 5064.

      As amended and reported, this bill requires the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) to publish certain information on NJ Transit’s Internet website.  Specifically, the bill requires NJ Transit to publish, on a monthly basis:  (1) the total number of rail passenger service cancellations occurring each month and the cause of each cancellation as outlined in the bill; (2) the on-time performance of motorbus regular route service, Access Link service, and rail passenger service, including light rail service, and mean distance between failure of the corporation’s motorbus regular route service and rail passenger service, including light rail service; (3) the on-time performance of rail passenger service, adjusted for issues related to Amtrak; and (4) any other information that the Commissioner of Transportation deems appropriate.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amended the bill to: 

(1) require NJ Transit to report crew and engineer availability, specifically, rather than staffing shortages, generally;

(2) remove a provision requiring NJ Transit to publish information concerning the mean distance between failure for each passenger car; and

(3) make technical corrections.