New Jersey Transit is the Third largest public transportation network in the United States, it serves the State of New Jersey, Manhattan, Orange and Rockland Counties in New York State as well as Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Type: Public, Owned by the State of New Jersey

Fleet Size: 3,502 Buses, 1,078 Commuter Rail Rolling Stock, 93 Light Rail Vehicles

Routes: 11 Express Commuter Rail Lines, 3 Light Rail Lines, 267 Regular Bus Routes

Manufacturer and Powerplant: The bulk of NJ Transit bus operations focuses on routes which are slightly longer and as such utilize transit style highway coaches instead of low floor transit buses. The bulk of the fleet comes from MCI. NJ Transit also procures from NABI, NovaBus and Neoplan. NJ Transit is also notable for its continuing use of the Flxible Metro B. NJ Transit is working to procure an all CNG fleet with newer buses having engines supplied by Cummins Westport.

Fare Collection: NJ Transit does not utilize a Contactless Card Payment System and typically requires exact cash fare to purchase tickets. In 2011 NJ Transit became the first Transit Authority to accept payment using Google Wallet. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey utilizes a card known as SmartLink. This card is often the subject of debate as it could be implemented for use on NJ Transit as well as MTA in New York City. It however has been estimated to cost over $100 Million to implement.

Livery: NJ Transit buses have always carried "The Rainbow" on a white backdrop. The Fleet recently received an update as the "Rainbow" is more curved on newer vehicles. NJ Transit does sell the sides of its vehicles for advertising space.

Innovations: NJ Transit leases a fair majority of its fleet to be operated by private companies. This gives large private coach companies like Coach USA and Academy Bus an avenue to try out fixed route public bus service. A Hybrid of Publicly owned vehicles being operated by a privately owned company is not rare, its given a significantly "British" style of public transport because of the use of private companies.