NJ Transit will receive $1.6 billion in federal coronavirus transit aid.
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez, D-N.J., confirmed the amount coming from the American Rescue Plan, designed to prevent service cuts and transit worker layoffs due to revenue losses from coronavirus-related ridership declines.
“Thanks to this funding, NJ Transit continues to keep our state moving at this critical time, in addition to keeping customers and employees safe and maintain our aggressive cleaning protocols,” he said.awarded after an agreement was reached in November between the three states That agreement sent a total of $10.85 billion to New York, $2.66 billion to New Jersey, and $474 million to Connecticut from both relief acts. The FTA announced that the MTA received $6.2 billion in ARP funds.reported sudden ridership drops
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