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Center for Transportation Excellence
1030 15th Street NW
Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 349-1037
Fax: (202) 318-1429
info@cfte.org
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State-By-State Searchable Database

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New Jersey
Capital: Trenton
Population: 8,484,431
Major Metropolitan Areas: Atlantic City, Newark, Trenton, Wilmington DE/Philadelphia PA,
Federal Transportation Spending: $1,039,080,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
No citizen-initiated state ballot measure process in New Jersey.

State Election Site: http://www.state.nj.us/lps/elections/electionshome.html

County & City Information
Contact your county registration office for more information: http://www.state.nj.us/lps/elections/board.html

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/New%20Jersey.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/nj.html

Specific Ballot Measure Information

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2000	Statewide	New transportation trust fund	11/7/2000	Passed 62% to 38%
Description
Public Question #1: Constitutional Amendment to dedicate gas and sales tax receipts to newly created Transportation Trust Fund.

Outreach/Contact Information

Advocacy Groups

Raritan Valley Rail Coalition (no website)
New Jersey's Coalition for Transit NOW (no website)
New Jersey Community Development Corporation http://www.njcdc.com/
TransOptions http://www.transoptions.org/
New Jersey Alliance for Action http://www.allianceforaction.com/
Lackawanna Coalition (no website)

Rail Passenger Group

New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers http://www.nj-arp.org/

State DOT

http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/

Transit Agencies & MPOs

Newark NJT http://www.njtransit.com/
South Jersey Transportation Authority http://www.sjta.com/
Ridewise of Raritan Valley http://www.ridewise.org/

Media Information

Newspaper(s)
Bergen Record http://www.bergen.com/ Newark Star-Ledger http://www.nj.com/starledger/ Asbury Park Press http://www.app.com/ Atlantic City Press http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/ Camden Courier Post http://www.courierpostonline.com/
Radio	Television
WNJT NPR - Trenton http://www.njn.net/radio/ WNJN//WNJT-88.1 NPR - Atlantic City http://www.njn.net/radio/ WOND News/Talk - Pleasantville http://www.1400wond.com/	WMGM NBC - Wildwood City NJ http://www.wmgmtv.com/

Other Resources

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=newjersey

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/nj.cfm