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A1524 • 2026

Concerns NJT transitway and Meadowlands public transportation.

Concerns NJT transitway and Meadowlands public transportation.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Calabrese, Clinton
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Concerns NJT transitway and Meadowlands public transportation.

Concerns NJT transitway and Meadowlands public transportation.

What This Bill Does

  • Concerns NJT transitway and Meadowlands public transportation.
  • Topic: Transportation and Independent Authorities Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

Official Summary Text

Concerns NJT transitway and Meadowlands public transportation.
Topic:
Transportation and Independent Authorities
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1524

ASSEMBLY, No. 1524

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman LISA SWAIN

District 38 (Bergen)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Stanley

SYNOPSIS

���� Concerns NJT transitway and Meadowlands public
transportation.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act

concerning certain New Jersey Transit
Corporation projects and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes
.

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

���� 1.��� a.� To the extent
practicable, the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall complete development of
the proposed Meadowlands Transitway project by May 1, 2026.�

���� b.� The corporation shall, by
May 1, 2025, assess whether the Meadowlands Transitway project will be
completed on or before May 1, 2026, as required pursuant to subsection a. of
this section.� If the corporation determines that the project will not be completed
by May 1, 2026, the corporation shall, by September 1, 2025, develop and make
publicly available on its official Internet website a public transportation
plan outlining how the corporation will meet the increased demand for transit
services within the Meadowlands Sports and Entertainment Complex by May 1,
2026.

���� c.� As used in this section,
�Meadowlands Transitway project� means the rapid transit system that would
connect the New Jersey Transit Corporation�s Secaucus Junction Station and the
Meadowlands Sports and Entertainment Complex. The �Meadowlands Transitway
project� does not include the BetMGM Meadowlands Rail Line that opened in 2009
and provides train shuttle service between Secaucus Junction and the
Meadowlands Rail Station for certain large events.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the New
Jersey Transit Corporation (NJT) to complete development of the Meadowlands Transitway
project by May 1, 2026. �By May 1, 2025, NJT is required to assess whether the
Meadowlands Transitway project will be completed on or before May 1, 2026.� If
NJT determines that the project will not be completed by that date, NJT is
required to develop and post on its official Internet website a public
transportation plan outlining how NJT will meet increased transit demand for
the Meadowlands Sports and Entertainment Complex.� Finally, the bill creates a
distinction between the existing BetMGM Meadowlands Rail Line that opened in
2009 and the planned Meadowlands Transitway project.