New Jersey
Council on Special Transportation
Welcome
Welcome to the New Jersey Council on Special Transportation's Official Website. The Site was designed to not only inform members of our organizations activities, but also to assist individuals not familiar with what transportation services are available.
At this Site, the word transportation may refer to paratransit, special transportation, community transportation, employment transportation and/or Medicaid transportation.
This NJ COST site was designed to be user friendly particularly to someone who is inquiring about transportation services in a particular county or town.The types of transportation advocated by NJ COST include services for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, low income, welfare to work and job access.
Transportation services may include but is not limited to: non-emergency medical appointments, dialysis, physical and mental therapy, competitive and non-competitive work sites, nutrition sites, post-secondary education Veteran services, food shopping, Medicaid transportation, social and recreational activities, etc.
The New Jersey Council on Special Transportation sponsors, co-sponsors and supports many events throughout the year including the TransAction Conference in Atlantic City, NJ; our annual Paratransit Roadeo and recognition awards; a vendor exposition; as well as our monthly membership meetings.
You Need to KNOW
Effective January 1, 2017, all non-governmental owned vehicles operating paratransit/community transportation services using a vehicles with 8-passengers or more MUST apply for a US DOT number.
NJ COST FACT SHEET
US DOT Number
FMCSA Opperating Authority MC Number
NJ State Police Vehicle Safety Checks
CONGRATULATIONS 2017 NJ COST Awards
2017 Administrative Employee of the Year
James Artfitch - Somerset County Transportation
2017 Dispatcher of the Year
Dana Convery - Gloucester County Special Transportation
2017 Maintenance Employee of the Year
Matthew Mauger - SEN-HAN Transit of Burlington & Camden Counties
2017 Driver of the Year
Sandra Melendez - Passaic County Paratransit
2017 Outstanding System of the Year
Cape May County Fare Free Transportation
Photos from 2017 NJ COST Expo - Tuesday, October 10, 2017
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2017 NJ COST Meetings & Events
January 20, 2017
February 17, 2017 - Location TBD
March 17, 2017
NJ TransAction Conference - April 4,5,6, 2017 (Tropicana, Atlantic City, NJ)
April 21, 2017
NJ Paratransit Roadeo - Sat., May 5, 2017
May 19, 2017
June 16, 2017
July 2017 - No Meeting
August 2017 - No Meeting
September 15, 2017
October 20, 2017 - MTG CANCELLED
November 17, 2017
December 15, 2017 - Location TBD
All NJ COST meetings are held the third Friday of each month except the months of July and August.
All meetings are held at the Monmouth County Agricultural Building, 4000 Kowalski Road, Freehold, NJ unless otherwise noted.
