New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 73 - REDUCED FARE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES › Subchapter 1 - INTRODUCTION › Section 16:73-1.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Carrier" means any individual, partnership, association,
				  corporation, joint stock company, public agency or public authority, trustee,
				  or receiver operating or controlling motor buses or rail/light rail passenger
				  service on established routes within the State of New Jersey or between points
				  in the State and points in adjacent states.
"Demand responsive" means any system of transporting
				  individuals, including the provision of designated public transportation
				  service by public entities and the provision of transportation service by
				  private entities, including, but not limited to, specific public transportation
				  service, which is not operated on a fixed route system.
"Established routes" means all regular intrastate routes of
				  the participating carriers authorized by NJ TRANSIT, the Office of Regulatory
				  Affairs of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, municipality, or any other
				  regulatory agency, and interstate routes authorized by the Surface
				  Transportation Board (or its predecessor, the Interstate Commerce Commission),
				  or any other regulatory agency. "Established routes" does not include those
				  trips to and from Atlantic City locations when the passenger receives from any
				  source, money, or other gratuities in addition to the transportation
				  purchased.
"Interstate" means between points in the State and points in
				  adjacent states.
"Intrastate" means points within the State.
"Motor bus" means "autobus" as defined at
				  N.J.S.A.
				  48:4-1, and includes those autobuses,
				  commonly called jitneys, as described at
				  N.J.S.A.
				  48:16-23.
"NJ TRANSIT" or "the Corporation" means the New Jersey
				  Transit Corporation.
"NJ TRANSIT Reduced Fare Photo Identification Card (NJ
				  TRANSIT Photo ID Card)" means an identification card issued by NJ TRANSIT that
				  can be used as proof of eligibility for participation in NJ TRANSIT's Reduced
				  Fare Transportation Program for Seniors and People with Disabilities.
"NJ TRANSIT Reduced Fare Program" means NJ TRANSIT's Reduced
				  Fare Transportation Program for Seniors and People with Disabilities.
"Person with a disability" or "people with disabilities" is
				  an individual(s) who by reason of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction,
				  or other incapacity or temporary or permanent disability (including any
				  individual who is a wheelchair user or has semi-ambulatory capabilities),
				  cannot use effectively, without special facilities, planning or design,
				  transportation service, or a transportation facility.
"Reduced fare" means no more than one half, rounded down to
				  the nearest nickel, of the regular adult one-way fare as set forth in the
				  carrier's tariffs.
"Senior" means any individual 62 years of age or over
				  regardless of residence.
"Tariff" means the document setting forth the fares, rates,
				  charges, and other provisions pertaining to the public transportation services
				  furnished by the carrier. Tariff includes the documents maintained by NJ
				  TRANSIT setting forth the fares for the public transportation services operated
				  directly by NJ TRANSIT or operated for NJ TRANSIT by third-party
				  contractors.