■ Environmental , Engineering and Transportation
Continued From Page 16 $ 50 million of funding for new drinking water projects in the coming year . These savings will be critical to assisting new applicants in addressing their water projects with the program ’ s low rates .
The I-Bank and the NJDEP were able to accomplish this by using some of the $ 50 million of funds appropriated to the Drinking Water SRF Program by the legislature and signed into law this fiscal year by Governor Murphy .
NJ TRANSIT ’ s Roadmap to a Zero-Emissions Bus Fleet
NJ TRANSIT continues to aggressively advance its zero-emissions bus program with the release of its roadmap to a 100 percent zero-emission bus fleet . The roadmap is highlighted by several key efforts including the release of a Request for Proposals ( RFP ) from qualified consulting firms for the Bus Garage Modernization Program and the application submitted for federal funding to acquire additional battery electric buses to be used in the Newark region . NJ TRANSIT also remains on track for the launch of the deployment of eight electric buses in Camden by the end of this year .
NJ TRANSIT is the nation ’ s largest statewide public transportation system , providing more than 925,000 weekday trips on 253 bus routes , three light rail lines , 12 commuter rail lines and through Access Link paratransit service . It is the third-largest transit system in the country with
NJ TRANSIT expects to deploy eight electric buses by the end of the year .
166 rail stations , 62 light rail stations and more than 19,000 bus stops linking major points in New Jersey , New York and Philadelphia .
“ The roadmap to achieving a 100 percent zero-emissions bus fleet by 2040 is establishing the foundation that will ultimately create NJ TRANSIT ’ s environmentally friendly fleet of the future ,” says NJ TRANSIT Board Vice-Chair Cedrick T . Fulton . “ Advancing the modernization of NJ TRANSIT ’ s bus garages and applying for additional federal funding for electric buses are critical steps to meeting this very ambitious and important goal .”
“ NJ TRANSIT remains wholly committed to transitioning to a 100 percent zero-emissions bus fleet by 2040 , aligned with Governor Murphy ’ s Energy Master Plan ,” says NJ TRANSIT President and CEO Kevin S . Corbett . “ While we have laid out aggressive plans to achieve this milestone , we are moving forward deliberatively by leveraging relationships with
Continued On Page 20
Photo : Getty Images / iStockphoto / Oleksandr Filon
STOP LEARNING BECAUSE LIFE NEVER STOPS TEACHING
WHETHER IN THE CLASSROOM , ONLINE OR IN YOUR OFFICE CPES PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES FOR ALL PROFESSIONALS
check out the fall schedule WWW . CPESNJ . COM