New Jersey state officials recently introduced strategic and capital transportation plans they said would serve as the roadmap to improved reliability while driving the state’s economic growth.
Gov. Phil Murphy and NJ TRANSIT CEO and President Kevin Corbett said NJT2030: A 10-Year Strategic Plan and its complementary Five-Year Capital Plan provide the vision for the agency to build the future of transportation in New Jersey and drive a 21st-century economy in an accountable, transparent and environmentally-sustainable way.
“Before our current public health emergency, we made critical investments and undertook long-overdue reforms to NJ TRANSIT’s operations, which have unquestionably improved reliability and performance,” Murphy said. “To safeguard that progress, NJT2030 and the Five-Year Capital Plan put forward the vision for how NJ TRANSIT will address a decade-long period of disinvestment and further transform the agency’s core business functions to regain the confidence of customers, stakeholders. And the communities it serves.”
NJT2030 seeks to ensure the reliability and continued safety of the transit system; deliver a high-quality experience for all customers; power a stronger and fairer economy for all communities in the region; promote a more sustainable future for the planet; and build an accountable, innovative and inclusive organization that delivers for New Jersey.
Additionally, officials said the Capital Plan includes more than 100 projects, touching every aspect of NJ TRANSIT service, including access link, bus, light rail, and rail designed to establish NJ TRANSIT as a world-class transit system.