S 3786 — Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.*

S3786 1R [First Reprint] SENATE, No.

SenatorSenators Tiver and Amato         SYNOPSIS      Requires Access Link paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.

  CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT      As introduced.reported by the Senate Transportation Committee on June 1, 2026, with amendments.

     “Access1[“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.

s.12101 et seq.), and any regulations promulgated thereunder.thereunder.]1      “Operator” means an operator who is actively engaged in operating 1[an Access Link] a1 vehicle 1for the provision of paratransit services1.

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    the b.   Department An operator of anLabor Accessand LinkWorkforce vehicleDevelopment shallpursuant announce, or cause to beP.L.1987, announcedc.455 by(C.34:16-51 aet recordingseq.); system, every scheduled stop along the vehicle’s route.

and 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 1[of an Access Link vehicle]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.