This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) provides $6,000,000 in funding to the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) to support the purchase of a 149-passenger ferry boat. The total project cost is $7,250,000, with a local match of $1,250,000. The ferry boat will provide reliable and efficient transportation services between New Jersey and Manhattan, addressing issues of...
This $25,024,479 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.500 - Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program) supports the ongoing Portal North Bridge project of the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit). The funding will be used for all necessary site work and special work to increase the capacity of guideways and stations, which will improve reliability and allow NJ Transit to operate longer and higher capacity trains...
This federal Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) provides $7,432,000 to reconstruct Passenger Slip #1 at the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal State Historic Site in Jersey City, New Jersey. The key activities include reconstructing the ferry slip gangway, transfer bridge, access platform, and ferry house platform, as well as dredging and installing a wave break. The expected outcomes are...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded New Jersey Transit Corporation $171.9 million under the State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) on September 3, 2021 to complete by February 7, 2022. The funds will support preventive maintenance activities for NJ Transit's rail assets from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. Specifically, NJ Transit will conduct preventive maintenance of its revenue and non-revenue fleets as well as facilities to ensure reliable...
The $155.6 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration, under the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500), will support New Jersey Transit Corporation's Portal North Bridge Project. Funding will cover necessary site work, land improvements, and professional services to replace the existing bridge with a new two-track fixed structure bridge and realign rail lines. This project aims to improve reliability and allow longer,...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants program) provides $514,045 to the New Jersey Transit Corporation to develop recommendations for a reimagined bus network in Hudson County, New Jersey. The funding will be used to evaluate the existing bus network, study travel demand and origin-destination trips, and determine how NJ Transit might change bus service in the region. The project...
This $8,100,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) will fund the construction contract to rehabilitate the Cregar Road Bridge deck in New Jersey. The project activities include partial demolition, site preparation, and installation of a new integral deck, parapets, fencing, and roadway guardrail. This infrastructure improvement will enhance the bridge's condition and increase its remaining...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded New Jersey Transit Corporation $40.1 million under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) on September 13, 2022. NJ Transit will use the funds to overhaul 200 forty-foot buses from North American Bus Industries purchased in 2012-2013. Work will be performed at NJ Transit's Central Maintenance Facility in Newark and will enhance reliability, appearance, and...
The federal Project Grant award of $12,651,711.00 was provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Rail and Transit Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.075) to the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit). The award will support NJ Transit's efforts to protect critical transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from terrorism and security threats. Funded activities are expected to include surveillance equipment upgrades, infrastructure hardening, emergency...
The New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) was awarded a $1,176,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500) to conduct comprehensive transit-oriented development planning for the proposed Route 9 Bus Rapid Transit project in Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, New Jersey. NJ Transit will use $470,000 in FY 2021 Discretionary TOD Pilot funds from the grant along with...