With weekly rail ridership back to about 50% of the pre-pandemic level, New Jersey Transit is forging ahead with its ambitious multi-billion capital improvement program aimed at fast-forwarding the nation’s third-largest public transit agency’s infrastructure into the 21st century.
Despite the dip in farebox revenue as COVID-19 lockdowns and other restrictions kept most passengers off its trains and buses, NJ Transit has continued to pursue a five-year capital plan it announced last June, President and CEO Kevin Corbett told attendees of a July 23 Transportation Research Forum webinar sponsored by its New York area chapter.