T300 | Transit Rail Initiatives (Various)

This program provides funding for transit expansion projects, including River Line Glassboro-Camden Light Rail Improvements, new station construction, ferry program, fixed guideway improvements (Rail, Light Rail, BRT, and Ferry), and related vehicle and equipment acquisition. Also included are FTA new starts projects authorized under New Jersey Urban Core or SAFETEA-LU. Potential projects in this category include (in no rank order): Northern Branch Rail; HBLR Extension to Secaucus; HBLR Secaucus-Meadowlands Connector; Passaic-Bergen rail service on the NYS&W east of Hawthorne using Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) passenger equipment; Restoration of commuter rail service on the NYS&W west of Hawthorne; Port Morris Improvements; West Shore--Hoboken to West Haverstraw; NERL Elizabeth Segment from NJ TRANSIT'S Northeast Corridor Midtown Elizabeth Station to Newark Liberty International Airport via the Elizabeth Waterfront; Restoration of commuter rail service on the West Trenton line; River LINE LRT Capitol Extension; Second Phase of River LINE LRT/PATCO Extension; Glassboro-Camden Light Rail; Route 1 BRT, Second Phase of NERL (Newark Penn Station to Newark Liberty International Airport); Commuter rail extension in Monmouth and Ocean Counties; Lehigh Third Track Capacity Improvements; Extension of Cape May Seashore Line north to Hammonton (to Atlantic City Rail Line); Commuter Rail extension to Phillipsburg, improvements on the Atlantic City Rail Line, new rail station improvements such as Atlantic City Line/River LINE connection, Moynihan Station, Penn Station New York access improvements and platform extensions, Penn Station New York Central Concourse, Penn Station New York West End Concourse, E-yard expansion, Bus Rapid Transit Initiatives, Park and Rides and Smart Card Technology Program along with other new systemwide, rail, bus, and light rail initiatives arising during the year.
The narrative above governs how the state Transportation Trust Funds that are appropriated in the state budget to "Transit Rail Initiatives" can be used. The Transit Rail Initiatives project is a state funded effort that is displayed here only for information purposes in order to give a better understanding of total transportation funding. As shown below, there is no Federal funding allocated to the Transit Rail Initiatives project in the first four constrained years. In compliance with the state budget and the language above, state Transit Rail Initiatives funds will be used to advance the projects listed above, some of which are also authorized under Federal law, but not yet funded with Federal dollars.
Funding is also provided to advance projects dependent on other non-federal (including private) funding, and/or state resources available beyond planned levels including but not limited to acquisition of properties and any items or services needed to support the acquisition.

No milestones are available for this project.