New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 89 - FERRY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16:89-1.2 - 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:
"Affiliate" means any individual, company, proprietorship,
				  corporation, agency, trust, or partnership where, by reason of the relationship
				  of such entity with the operator (whether by reason of the method of, or
				  circumstances surrounding, organization or operation, or whether established
				  through common directors, officers, stockholders, a voting trust or trusts, a
				  holding or investment company or companies, family relationships, or any other
				  direct or indirect means), there is a reason to believe that the affairs of the
				  operator may be managed in the interest of such individual, company,
				  proprietorship, corporation, agency, trust, or partnership.
"Capital improvements" shall mean, in connection with ferry
				  passenger service, ferries and their constituent mechanical systems (including,
				  without limitation, engines, propulsion systems, structures, HVAC systems, and
				  seat/cover replacements) and necessary land-side improvements (including,
				  without limitation, ferry terminals, approach roadways, pedestrian
				  accommodations, parking, docks, ramps). In addition, capital improvements
				  include: electronic farebox or other revenue collection equipment, radios and
				  related equipment, revenue equipment (including, without limitation, buses
				  providing connections to ferry passenger service), and non-revenue equipment,
				  (including, without limitation, maintenance facilities and equipment).
"Capital maintenance" shall mean in relation to public
				  transportation projects, the direct cost of any work necessary for preserving
				  or maintaining the useful life of public transportation projects, provided the
				  work is associated with the acquisition, installation, and/or rehabilitation of
				  components, which are not included in the normal operating maintenance of
				  equipment and facilities or replaced on a scheduled basis. The work shall
				  ensure the useful life of the project for not less than five years.
"Charter service" shall mean transportation provided at a
				  request of a third party for exclusive use for a negotiated price. Service is
				  not part of the regularly scheduled service and the third party determines the
				  origin and destination of the trip as well as scheduling.
"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of NJ
				  TRANSIT.
"FCIP" shall mean the Ferry Capital Improvement
				  Program.
"Ferry passenger service" shall mean any regular service
				  which involves the carriage of persons for compensation or hire by waterborne
				  craft in this State or between points in this State and points in other states.
				  Ferry passenger service that, due to geographic locations or routing, operate
				  in a state other than New Jersey in providing services to passengers that have
				  origins or destinations in New Jersey, are included within this definition,
				  provided that the primary reason for operating outside of New Jersey is to
				  transport New Jersey citizens to and from their New Jersey origins and
				  destinations, and to transport others to and from New Jersey where such
				  transportation services aid in the growth and development of the economy of the
				  State of New Jersey. Charter service is not included in this definition.
"FGDRM" means Fixed Guideway Directional Route Miles as
				  defined by FTA under
				  49 U.S.C. §
										5337, that is, the mileage in each direction
				  over which public transportation vehicles travel while in revenue service over
				  a fixed guideway (exclusive or controlled access right-of-way).
"FTA" means the Federal Transit Administration.
"NTD" means the National Transit Database of the Federal
				  Transit Administration.
"NTD funding" means the Federally generated funds under FTA
				  § 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Program and § 5337 State of Good Repair
				  Grants Program or successor programs.
"Operator" means any person, firm, corporation of any type,
				  or other entity operating ferry passenger service.
"President and CEO" means the President and Chief Executive
				  Officer of NJ TRANSIT.
"RVM" means Revenue Vehicle Miles as defined by the FTA under
				  49 U.S.C. §
										5307, that is, the miles that vehicles travel
				  while in revenue service. Vehicle revenue miles exclude deadhead, training
				  operators prior to revenue service, vehicle maintenance test, and school
				  charter services.