To address growing angst over the agency that serves nearly 1 million public transit commuters, a committee to investigate NJ Transit has been created by the state Senate president.

Sen. Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, announced on Tuesday the newly formed Senate Select Committee on New Jersey Transit, which he will chair. The committee will be charged with developing a plan of action to turn around the embattled agency plagued with cost overruns, mismanagement, late and no-show arrivals, and an aging bus fleet.

Other Democratic members will include Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen, Deputy Majority Leader Sandra Cunningham, D-Hudson, Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Patrick Diegnan, D-Middlesex, and Senate Law and Public Safety Committee Vice Chairman Joe Cryan, D-Union.