{"id":137558,"date":"2026-03-26T22:58:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/901990234"},"modified":"2026-03-26T22:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:58:29","slug":"new-jersey-governor-calls-for-mass-transit-tech-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/new-jersey-governor-calls-for-mass-transit-tech-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Governor Calls for Mass Transit Tech Upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-opt-id=1075654132  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/erepublic.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/d034950\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1167x567+0+45\/resize\/1440x700!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fb5%2F8b%2Fb3a46d221ae7fad0665e6e37ac3f%2Fjersey-city.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p> The new governor of New Jersey wants to give mass transit a fresh shot of technology.<\/p>\n<p>In an executive order issued earlier this week, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/workforce\/n-j-keeps-technology-leader-creates-innovation-group\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Gov. Mikie Sherrill<\/a>, who <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/gov-experience\/new-jerseys-new-governor-embraces-portal-tech-ai\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">took office in January<\/a>, called for tech upgrades for NJ Transit to improve safety, performance and rider satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>The order mandates the creation of a \u201ccomprehensive plan to improve riders\u2019 experience\u201d by June.<\/p>\n<p><span data-bsp-pv=\"4f8e492c-6f2f-390e-bc61-f176d3a37ab9\"><\/span><span data-bsp-pv=\"0000019d-2b7c-d716-afbd-2fff8b490000\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; transit a fresh shot of <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span>. In an executive order issued &#8230; office in January, called for <span class=\"match\">tech<\/span> upgrades for NJ Transit &#8230; spending and innovation on transportation <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span>. That includes Kansas, which &#8230; companies to bring new <span class=\"match\">tech<\/span> to subways and buses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}