New Jersey Statutes Title 27. Highways 27 § 1B-21.16

The Commissioner of Transportation (hereinafter, “the commissioner”) shall establish and implement a program to employ the best available technology to improve traffic signal operation throughout the State so as to avoid unnecessary delays, reduce air pollution, and allow traffic to move sequentially through signals on roads and highways throughout the State without stopping, to the greatest extent practicable without endangering or limiting pedestrian travel.