Sponsored by:
Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Tiver
SYNOPSIS
Requires Access Link paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning paratransit services and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section:
“Access Link” means the paratransit service implemented by the New Jersey Transit Corporation for purposes of complying with the federal “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990” (42 U.S.C. s.12101 et seq.), and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Operator” means an operator who is actively engaged in operating an Access Link vehicle.
b. An operator of an Access Link vehicle shall announce, or cause to be announced by a recording system, every scheduled stop along the vehicle’s route.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the second month next following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
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.