A 957 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires NJT to adopt plan to evacuate passengers when rail passenger vehicle becomes immobilized in tunnel.

This bill requires NJ Transit to create a safety plan for evacuating passengers if a train or light rail vehicle becomes stuck inside a tunnel. The plan must ensure NJ Transit either moves the train out of the tunnel or evacuates passengers within one hour of immobilization. If NJ Transit fails to meet this one-hour deadline, it must submit a detailed report explaining the delay and appear before a legislative committee upon request to discuss the incident. The bill directly affects NJ Transit operations and passengers traveling on its rail lines through tunnels. It establishes concrete timeframes and accountability measures for emergency response.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
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