New Jersey Department of Transportation
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The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJ DOT) is the agency responsible for transportation issues and policy in New Jersey. It is headed by the Commissioner of Transportation. The present Commissioner is Kris Kolluri, Esq, who was sworn into office as Commissioner on March 13, 2006.
NJ DOT is based at 1035 Parkway Avenue, Trenton.
As of 2007, 3,842 employees are under NJDOT.
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[edit] History
NJ DOT was established in 1966 as the first State transportation agency in the United States. It has been responsible for maintaing and operating of the State's highway and public road system, planning and developing transportation policy and assisting with rail, freight and intermodal transportation issues.
In 1979, with the establishment of NJ Transit, NJ DOT's rail division (which funded and supported State-sponsored passenger rail service) was folded into the new agency.
Until 2003, the NJDOT included the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), which was re-established as the self-operating New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC).
Since the 1990s, NJDOT has been phasing many of the traffic circles in New Jersey.
[edit] Divisions, Programs and Services
[edit] Public Roads
NJ DOT operates, develops and maintains the State's public road system, including Interstate, State and Federal highways, with a total of 2,324.01 miles (3,740.13 km) of State-owned and operated roads. Most major highways within New Jersey are under NJDOT jursidiction, except toll routes including the New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway (under the New Jersey Turnpike Authority) and the Atlantic City Expressway as well as the interstate toll bridges and tunnels.
[edit] Freight Planning
NJ DOT develops interim and long-term plans and strategic policy on freight and shipping in and around the state. These intermodal policies cover trucking, rail, maritime and air freight.
[edit] Community Programs
Assistance to local communities and grants for transportation-related projects.
[edit] Engineering
Technical planning, design and research for projects
[edit] Railroads
The NJ DOT was also responsible for funding and supporting passenger rail service within New Jersey and to and from nearby points from late 1960s onward, including procuring new modern equipment and rolling stock. The agency purchased EMD GP40Ps for the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1968, the GE U34CH locomotives and Comet I cars for the Erie Lackawanna (1970) and Arrow electric MU cars for the Penn Central in 1968-69.
In 1979 NJ Transit assumed responsbilities for passenger rail in New Jersey.
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