Bill Text: NJ S4080 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires NJT to install certain safety features at certain bus stops.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-05-04 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee [S4080 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2026-S4080-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires NJT to install certain safety features at certain bus stops.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning motorbus shelters and supplementing P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-1 et al.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section:
"Bus stop" means a stop for motorbus regular route service.
"Corporation" means the New Jersey Transit Corporation.
"High-traffic area" means a location along a public highway determined by the corporation to have an increased danger to pedestrian and motorbus passenger safety. When determining whether a location is a high-traffic area, the corporation shall consider, at a minimum, the location's average traffic, frequency of traffic collisions, frequency of injuries and fatalities to pedestrians, and proximity to schools, hospitals, senior housing, or other areas with high pedestrian activity.
"Motorbus regular route service" means and includes the operation of any motorbus or motorbuses on streets, public highways or other facilities, over a fixed route and between fixed termini on a regular schedule for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire or otherwise, in this State or between points in this State and points in other states.
"Pre-existing shelter" means a shelter installed by the corporation prior to the enactment of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
"Shelter" means a structure installed by the corporation at a bus stop to provide passengers with temporary shelter while waiting for motorbus regular route service.
b. Subject to the availability of funds appropriated or otherwise made available, when installing a shelter at a bus stop in a high-traffic area, the corporation shall equip the shelter with safety features, including, but not limited to, barriers and lighting, to protect riders from traffic-related injuries and fatalities while waiting for motorbus regular route service.
c. Upon the request of the municipality or entity maintaining a pre-existing shelter at a bus stop in a high-traffic area, the corporation shall install safety features, including, but not limited to, barriers and lighting, to protect riders from traffic-related injuries and fatalities while waiting for motorbus regular route service. The corporation may coordinate with a municipality or entity maintaining a pre-existing shelter to install safety features, including sharing costs.
2. This act shall take
effect on the first day of the seventh month next following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJT) to install safety features when installing shelters at bus stops in high-traffic areas. The bill also requires NJT to install safety features at pre-existing shelters at bus stops in high-traffic areas upon the request of the municipality or entity maintaining the shelter. Under the bill, "safety features" include, but are not limited to, barriers and lighting.
