New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) has added a second employee COVID-19 testing site located in South Jersey to help increase access for the agency’s workers.
The site, located at Rowan University in Gloucester County is now available to all NJ Transit employees on Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Last week, NJ Transit began its COVID-19 testing program for all employees at a site in East Rutherford. Both sites operate through an agreement with Agile Urgent Care and Accurate Diagnostics Lab. NJ Transit employees will be accepted for appointment-only testing. NJ Transit says it is also working to expand access to a similar testing site in central Jersey.
“Our goal is to have every one of our nearly 12,000 employees tested for COVID-19. This new site, in addition to the site in East Rutherford, will facilitate achieving that goal by providing added convenience for NJ Transit employees living and working in South Jersey,” said NJ Transit President/CEO Kevin Corbett. “More testing will lead to quicker identification of cases, quicker treatment for those testing positive and immediate isolation. This is all part of our ongoing efforts to meet our primary objective during this pandemic - to protect our employees and our customers from the continued spread of this virus.”
This expansion of testing advances Principle 2 of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s “The Road Back: Restoring Economic Health Through Public Health.” With continued support from the governor, NJ Transit says it is pleased to announce this health and safety advancement for its employees. The ability to facilitate access to testing for employees will lead to quicker identification of cases, quicker treatment for those testing positive, and immediate isolation to prevent spread.
As a reminder, all staff and customers on NJ Transit vehicles are required to wear face coverings per Gov. Murphy’s Executive Order No. 125. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the COVID-19 response, customers are strongly encouraged to sign up for My Transit alerts and to check njtransit.com for the latest updates.
As an added precautionary measure to protect bus operators and customers, NJ Transit has implemented rear-door boarding on all bus routes where rear-boarding is available. Seats near the bus operator have been taken out of service to allow for proper social distancing for the operator. Customers are encouraged to use the NJ Transit mobile ticketing app or purchase paper tickets prior to boarding to limit cash transactions with the bus operator.
