Bill Text: NJ A4933 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires DOT to develop program to implement adaptive traffic signal technology at certain intersections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-12-08 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A4933 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-A4933-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4933

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED DECEMBER 5, 2022

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman  WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblywoman  SHAMA A. HAIDER

District 37 (Bergen)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires DOT to develop program to implement adaptive traffic signal technology at certain intersections.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee on December 8, 2022, with amendments.

   

An Act concerning traffic control devices and amending P.L.2000, c.73.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Section 3 of P.L.2000, c.73 (C.27:1B-21.16) is amended to read as follows:

     3.    ¹a.¹  The Commissioner of Transportation (hereinafter, "the commissioner") shall¹[, at all intersections of roads and highways maintained by the Department of Transportation and within six months of the effective date of P.L.    , c.    (pending before the Legislature as this bill),]¹ establish and implement a program to employ adaptive traffic signal technology, or the best available traffic signal technology, ¹at all intersections of roads and highways that are maintained by the Department of Transportation and meet the traffic threshold established by the Department of Transportation pursuant to subsection b. of this section,¹ to improve traffic signal operation throughout the State so as to avoid unnecessary delays, reduce air pollution, and allow traffic to move sequentially through signals on roads and highways throughout the State without stopping, to the greatest extent practicable and financially feasible without endangering or limiting pedestrian travel.

     ¹b.  In establishing and implementing the program pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the Department of Transportation shall develop a traffic threshold for intersections of roads and highways, based on the volume and speed of through traffic, which, when met, would signify that the intersection qualifies for the employment of adaptive traffic signal technology, or the best available traffic signal technology, pursuant to the program established in subsection a. of this section.

     c.  Once an intersection meets the traffic threshold developed by the Department of Transportation pursuant to subsection b. of this section, adaptive traffic signal technology, or the best available traffic signal technology, shall be installed at the intersection during inspection, servicing, or replacement of the traffic signals.¹

(cf: P.L.2000, c.73, s.3)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect ¹[immediately] on the first day of the seventh month following the date of enactment¹.