A 2132 — Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.*

A2132 1R [First Reprint] ASSEMBLY, No.

CARTER District 22 (Somerset and Union) Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer) Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)  Senator  Co-SponsoredANGELA by:V.

AssemblymanMCKNIGHT Sampson,District Assemblywoman31 Speight(Hudson) andSenator  AssemblymanKRISTIN OnyemaM.         SYNOPSIS      Requires Access Link paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.

 CORRADO CURRENTDistrict VERSION40 OF(Bergen, TEXTEssex     and IntroducedPassaic) Pending  TechnicalCo-Sponsored Reviewby: by Legislative Counsel.

Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywoman Speight, Assemblymen Onyema, Inganamort, Assemblywoman Katz, Assemblyman Singh, Assemblywomen Dunn, Brennan, Drulis, Haider, Senators Tiver and Amato         SYNOPSIS       Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.

  CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT      As reported by the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee on May 7, 2026, with amendments.

            1.   1.   a.  As used in this section:section:        1[“Access Link” means the paratransit service implemented by the New Jersey Transit Corporation for purposes of complying with the federal “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990” (42 U.S.C.

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    and b.   counties under the “Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Act,” P.L.1983, c.578 (C.27:25-25 et seq.).  “Paratransit service” does not include private or charter services provided by taxicabs, limousines, or transportation network companies as that term is defined in section 2 of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-2).1       b.   An operator of1[of an Access Link vehiclevehicle]1 shall announce, or cause to be announced by a recording system, every scheduled stop along the vehicle’s route.

    STATEMENT        This bill requires an operator who is actively engaged in operating an Access Link vehicle to announce, or cause to be announced by a recording system, every scheduled stop along the vehicle’s route.

     Under current law, only operators of transportation services along fixed route transportation systems are required to announce stops.  A fixed route transportation system operates along a prescribed route according to a fixed schedule.

 As Access Link is a form of paratransit service, which excludes fixed route transportation services, operators of Access Link are not currently required to make such announcements.