About NJ-ARP

	Serving New Jersey’s rail passengers since 1980	New Jersey needs a strong, interconnected transportation network to combat problems such as massive traffic congestion, air and noise pollution, and inefficient land and water use, all of which encroach upon our resources, our competitiveness and our general quality of life. As the leading consumer rail passenger organization within the state, the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers (NJ-ARP) has supported a balanced public transportation system for all of New Jersey. NJ-ARP is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1980 by concerned New Jersey residents who wanted a greater voice in deciding the transit future of our state. We have played an active role both in the implementation of new passenger rail service, and in restoration of services cancelled in the 1960s before the implementation of New Jersey Transit (NJT). Click on the Our Projects button above under the red banner to see the changes we've made over three decades. We are a volunteer organization with no paid staff. Our volunteers, many of whom work within the transportation field, are among the best and most diverse in New Jersey. Many have testified at hearings held by New Jersey Transit, PATH, Amtrak, PATCO, and various other governmental agencies. For over thirty years, NJ-ARP has been on the forefront in advocating inter-modal transportation solutions statewide, using rail, light rail, ferry, bus, or even bicycle, with a focus on rail and light-rail and their synergy with other modes.
	Major capital projects we have supported:	Hudson/Bergen Light Rail Midtown Direct Morris & Essex Line Midtown Direct Montclair - Boonton Line Secaucus Junction Transfer Station Montclair Connection Newark Airport Station Newark City Subway Extensions Cape May Seashore Lines Atlantic City - Philadelphia Line River Line (Trenton - Camden) Pennsauken Transfer Station (between River and Atlantic City Lines) Newark Broad Street Station Reconstruction Extension of Electrification from Bay Street to Great Notch
	Future projects we’re advancing include:	Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex Rail (MOM) Northern Valley HBLRT Extension Bergen Cross-County Light Rail Line Susquehanna Line Lackawanna Cut-Off Amtrak Northeast Corridor Infrastructure Improvements Projects West Trenton - Bound Brook Line Camden-Gloucester Light Rail Line

For more details on NJ-ARP activities, see our most recent annual report. NJ-ARP is allied with the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) and its territory falls within the NARP Mid-Atlantic Division.

NJ-ARP Membership Benefits
	Help improve the ride of the future!	Your support is vital to improve the transportation system of New Jersey. Every voice is needed to make clear the importance of rail passenger service. Public education, informing media and elected officials of the valuable role a balanced transportation system plays in our state is a part of NJ-ARP’s mandate. Outreach by NJ-ARP members at public forums and to the media helped revise downward some of the more onerous provisions of recent NJT and PATH fare increases. NJ-ARP has and will continue to influence NJT’s equipment design decisions. You may have ideas of your own. NJ-ARP wants to hear them!
	Make Your Dollars Count!	If you believe in a more efficient, balanced statewide transportation network and a better New Jersey, join NJ-ARP and add your voice to the growing list of citizens demanding a better quality of life.
	Membership benefits include:	NJ-ARP Newsletter Report - Published bi-monthly (even months). E-mailed or mailed to all members to keep them informed of current plans, development ideas and proposals for better transportation services. NJ-ARP Newsletter EXTRA! - Published periodically. E-mailed to members choosing e-mail delivery option. Contains original articles of interest for rail advocates as well as links to news articales about rail and transit developments in other areas of the world. NJ-ARP Newsletter PLUS! Published bi-monthly (odd months) E-mailed or mailed to Sustaining and Patron members. Offers late-breaking news and issues. Annual Patron’s Luncheon - Make your voice heard as you dine in congenial atmosphere with transit agency leaders and our directors and representatives. (Luncheon included at no extra cost.) NJ-ARP Annual Fall Meeting - These informative meetings are held in different New Jersey communities each year. (Meeting is at an additional cost and includes lunch.)
	Join NJ-ARP now!	You can join NJ-ARP online with your credit or debit card. Or, if you prefer, you can join via postal mail. In either case, click here to join NJ-ARP!