Environmental organizations support the dedication because the Transportation Trust Fund renewal act, which authorized the financing plan, directs the NJ DOT to show annual progress towards five year goals of repairing half the state's deficient roads and bridges and building 1,000 miles of bicycle paths. Also, the law now requires that all new highways must be approved by both houses of the legislature, giving state representatives more control over sprawl-inducing projects. Groups backing the ballot question include: the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions, the American Littoral Society, Clean Ocean Action, Environmental Defense, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the NJ Conservation Foundation, the NJ Environmental Foundation, NJ Environmental Lobby, NJPIRG Citizen Lobby, NY/NJ Baykeeper, and the NJ chapter of the Sierra Club.

The measure is also promoted by the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers, the NJ Automobile Club, the South Jersey AAA, the New Jersey Association of Counties, the NJ League of Municipalities, the Alliance for Action, the heavy and general construction laborers union, the iron workers union, and the United Transit Workers Union..

In general, editorial boards are also urging a "Yes" vote for Question #1. Favorable editorials have appeared in the Bergen Record, Star-Ledger, the Courier Post, and the Home News Tribune, among others.