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USDOT/NJDOT regs and MTA (was Re: Staten Island Atlantic Express Takeover MTA) |
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Posted by ctrabs74 on Fri Oct 2 09:37:23 2009, in response to Re: Staten Island Atlantic Express Takeover MTA, posted by kcram3500 on Thu Oct 1 14:32:51 2009. So, if I understand you correctly, you're arguing the MTA is hiding behind state law to violate federal law, correct?Then, I would think that SEPTA is in violation of these same policies as it pertains to the 127, which used to have buses marked with the USDOT number on it's buses out of Frontier (a practice that was stopped within the past few years). Unless SEPTA is using the same theory as MTA (as far as labeling is concerned - ie. exempt as an "instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), wouldn't SEPTA also technically be running afoul of NJDOT/NJMVC regs that NJT follows? Same with the 113, which operates into Delaware (and only makes one stop within that state - the Tri-State Mall at the end of the route, although technically there are three posted stops on the complex). I'd suspect that SEPTA's Red Arrow Division might have a USDOT or ICC number from the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company days, so I wonder if SEPTA might be legal as far as registration by not labeling. SEPTA's 306 bus is a little different since it's contracted out, but the contractor does have its USDOT and Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission numbers posted on it's vehicles used on that line. Getting back to New Jersey for a second: When TNJ was in existance, didn't NJDOT-owned buses have "State" license plates? When did the practice of standard Omnibus tags for NJT operated buses (along with standard passenger tags for most non-revenue cars and Apportioned tags for NJT rail maintenance vehicles) take effect? |
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