The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Atlantic City Expressway" or "Expressway" means the expressway project known as the Atlantic City Expressway, constructed by the New Jersey Expressway Authority pursuant to Section 40 of P.L. 1962, c.10 (N.J.S.A. 27:12C-40, repealed). Roadways 187, 87, and a portion of Route 30 are not considered part of the Atlantic City Expressway but are owned and maintained by the Authority and subject to the Authoritys rules and regulations.
"Atlantic City Expressway Connector" means the portion of the roadway containing a tunnel connecting the Atlantic City Expressway to Brigantine.
"Authority" means the South Jersey Transportation Authority created by Section 4 of the South Jersey Transportation Authority Act (27:25A-1 et seq.).
"Authority property" or "right-of-way" means the area contained within the right-of-way lines as designated on the Authority parcel property maps filed in the respective county clerk's office of each county in which the Expressway is located and as may be amended, altered or supplemented from time to time.
"Bicycle" means any vehicle with two wheels supported by a frame propelled by the feet acting upon pedals.
"Expressway employee" or "employee" means any person in the official employ of the Authority.
"Expressway police" or "police" means any or all officers of the State Police assigned to duty on the Expressway.
"Expressway project" means the acquisition, construction and maintenance of the Atlantic City Expressway as transferred to the Authority pursuant to the enabling legislation and of any express highway, super highway or roadway at the locations and between the termini as may hereafter be established by law and acquired or to be acquired or constructed or to be constructed under the provisions of the enabling legislation by the Authority, over which abutters have no easements or rights of light, air or direct access by reason of the fact that their properties abut thereon, and shall include, but not be limited to, bridges, parking facilities, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, traffic circles, grade separations, entrance plazas, approaches, toll booths, service areas, stations and facilities, communications facilities, administration, storage and other buildings, and other structures related to the use of the express highway, super highway or roadway, intersecting highways and bridges and feeder roads which the Authority may deem necessary or desirable for the operation of the project, together with all property rights, easements and interests which may be acquired by the Authority for the construction or the operation of the project, together with any Expressway, super highway, or highway that shall by agreement, or otherwise, come under the jurisdiction of the Authority, and includes any planning necessary for the execution of any expressway projects.
"Motorbus regular route service" means the operation of any motorbus or motorbuses on streets, public highways or other facilities, over a fixed route and between fixed termini on a regular schedule for the purpose of carrying passengers, for hire or otherwise, within South Jersey or between points within South Jersey and points without South Jersey.
"Omnibus" means the term "omnibus" as defined in 39:1-1.
"Roadside memorial" means a memorial of any kind placed upon the Expressway, or Authority property, for the purpose of expressing grief for the loss of a loved one from a vehicular accident.
"Service areas" means those areas established by the Authority to provide services to the public. On the Expressway these areas include, but are not limited to, an intercept lot, the New Jersey State Police Barracks, the South Jersey Transportation Authority Administration Building, a restaurant, two gasoline service stations, a Visitors Center, and a farmers market, along with their parking and related facilities.
"Vehicle" means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon the Expressway.
N.J. Admin. Code § 19:2-1.2