In re the Complaint Petition of Five Mile Beach Electric Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LISA, J.A.D.

In these back-to-back appeals, consolidated for the purpose of this opinion, Five Mile Beach Electric Railway Co., Inc. (“FMB”) appeals orders of the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation (“DOT”) dismissing its petitions and denying all relief it requested. FMB operates bus lines in Cape May-County, including a trackless trolley service between Cape May City and the terminal of the Cape May Lewes Ferry, which is operated by the Delaware River and Bay Authority (“DRBA”). In 1996, New Jersey Transit (“NJT”), acting in…