New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 78 - SENIOR CITIZEN AND DISABLED RESIDENT TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL OVERVIEW › Section 16:78-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Accessible" means a service, vehicle, or facility that can
				  be used by all individuals including, but not limited to, those who cannot
				  negotiate steps or who can negotiate steps only with great difficulty, as well
				  as those with visual and hearing impairments. Such a service or facility shall
				  be considered accessible if it complies with the Americans with Disabilities
				  Act, 42 U.S.C. §§
										12101 et seq., the New Jersey Barrier Free
				  Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23-7, and any other
				  applicable laws, rules, or regulations defining standards for
				  accessibility.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the New Jersey
				  Transit Corporation.
"Consumers" means senior citizens or people with
				  disabilities. In addition, for purposes of meeting the 51 percent minimum
				  requirement for consumers on local senior citizen and people with disabilities
				  advisory committees, parents or legal guardian of minors with disabilities, and
				  non-professional advocates for developmentally or emotionally disabled persons
				  will be considered consumers.
"Coordinated Human Service Transportation Plan" (CHSTP) means
				  a county-developed, coordinated public transit-human services transportation
				  plan, developed and approved through a process that includes participation by
				  seniors, individuals with disabilities, representatives of public, private, and
				  nonprofit transportation and human services providers, and other members of the
				  public utilizing transportation services, which is intended to identify the
				  transportation needs of individuals with disabilities, older adults, and people
				  with low income, provide strategies for meeting these needs, and prioritize
				  transportation services for funding and implementation, as defined at
				  49 U.S.C. §
										5310.
"Corporation" means the New Jersey Transit
				  Corporation.
"Demand responsive service" means a transportation mode in
				  which a vehicle operates on demand to a variety of different origins and
				  destinations.
"Designated recipient" means a governmental agency or other
				  agency designated by the county to receive program funds.
"Eligible counties" means counties, or the recipient
				  designated by a county, submitting a proposal meeting the program
				  guidelines.
"Feeder service" means transportation that provides a
				  connecting service to or from private or public transportation services
				  including, but not limited to, rail, bus, light rail, ferry, or park and
				  rides.
"Fixed route service" means a transportation mode in which a
				  vehicle operates on a regular basis along a predetermined route, according to a
				  schedule.
"General administration" means the management activities
				  necessary to implement the purpose and objectives of the Senior Citizen and
				  Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Program. The audit required
				  pursuant to this chapter may be funded as one of the management
				  activities.
"Geographic region" means one of the following regions of the
				  State: the Northern Region encompassing the counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson,
				  Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren; the Central Region encompassing the
				  counties of Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, and Union;
				  and the Southern Region encompassing the counties of Atlantic, Burlington,
				  Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem.
"Local fare subsidy" means an arrangement in which the county
				  or the designated recipient contracts with private and/or public operators of
				  public transportation to reduce the fare to senior citizens and people with
				  disabilities.
"New Jersey Transit Senior Citizens and Disabled Residents
				  Transportation Advisory Committee," "SCDRTAC," or "Committee" means a committee
				  representing senior citizens, people with disabilities and other interested
				  parties, and advocacy groups representing senior citizens and people with
				  disabilities and other interested parties.
"People with disabilities" means any individual who, by
				  reason of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other permanent or
				  temporary incapacity or disability, are unable without special facilities or
				  special planning or design to utilize mass transportation facilities and
				  services as effectively as persons who are not so affected.
"Private ride" means a program whereby the county or the
				  designated recipient reimburses an individual or volunteer who provides
				  transportation to senior citizens and people with disabilities on an incidental
				  and non-commercial basis.
"Route deviation service" means a transportation mode in
				  which a vehicle operates on a regular basis along a predetermined route,
				  according to a schedule but will deviate off the set route for customers that
				  request a deviation.
"SCDRTAP" or "program" means the Senior Citizen and Disabled
				  Resident Transportation Assistance Program.
"Senior citizen" means any individual who is 60 years of age
				  or older.
"Shared ride subsidy" means an arrangement in which the
				  county or the designated recipient contracts with a shared rides operator
				  and/or transportation networking company, as defined in the Transportation
				  Network Company Safety and Regulatory Act of 2017, to reduce its fare to senior
				  citizens and people with disabilities.
"Stakeholder group" means a group of representatives of
				  public, private, and non-profit transportation and human services providers,
				  and members of the public who are directly impacted by community
				  transportation.
"State of emergency" means a situation in which a government
				  is empowered to perform actions or impose policies that it would normally not
				  be permitted to undertake. A government can declare such a state during a
				  natural disaster, civil unrest, armed conflict, medical pandemic or epidemic,
				  or other biosecurity risk.
"Subscription service" means trips provided to riders who
				  make trips on a repeated or recurring basis, such as to school, work, religious
				  services, or dialysis treatment. Subscription service is scheduled once for an
				  ongoing basis.
"Taxi fare subsidy" means an arrangement in which the county
				  or designated recipient contracts with a taxi operator to reduce its fare to
				  senior citizens and people with disabilities.
"Technical assistance" means those activities of NJ TRANSIT,
				  or its representatives, including third-party contractors designed to assist
				  the counties or the designated recipients in planning, organizing,
				  implementing, operating, monitoring, and evaluating existing and future
				  transportation services. The result of technical assistance activities is
				  improvement of the efficiency, effectiveness, and safety of transportation
				  provided to the senior citizens and people with disabilities.
"User side subsidy" means a program in which the county or
				  the designated recipient makes tickets available to senior citizens and people
				  with disabilities to purchase transportation at reduced
				  rates.