Public transport operator NJ Transit is inching one step closer to its goal of converting its fleet to zero-emission by 2040.

The agency is purchasing new buses, launching a program to better the customer experience and replacing two escalators at ...

NJ Transit’s board on Wednesday approved ... Most of the buses, 208 of them, are 60-foot articulated buses, the kind that bend in the middle and move 50 more people than their shorter, 40 ...

The NJ Transit board of directors authorized the ... The April 9 approval clears $393.4 million in funding to purchase 208 60-foot articulated buses (including spare parts) and 20 battery electric ...

The buses won't arrive for three years. Another 1,235 buses will still need to be purchased to replace the agency’s entire fleet of 2,300 buses.

The approval comes amid uncertainty over federal grants awarded to NJ Transit. The agency has been unable to access those funds since the Trump administration sought to stop funding some projects.

NEWARK — NJ Transit’s board approved the agency to purchase 208 new buses and 20 electric buses for $393 million at its meeting Wednesday. The purchase follows through on a promise to fully ...