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  • A New ROUTE For Essex County

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    A guest post by ROUTE founder Nick Giglia DeCamp bus stopping commuter service in April 2023 created a transit desert in many parts of Essex County, especially on weekends, where prepandemic demand and ridership have rebounded much more quickly than rush hour service due to hybrid work schedules. NJ Transit has provided limited rush-hour service…

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  • 2024: Bad Times for NJT Riders

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    Using the system in 2024 was more difficult than normal and there were several bad policy decisions made. Here are some highlights: New Fare Policy NJT proposed and approved: This was a price shock to riders. New fare policies and an increase were proposed in February with hearings in March. Little lead time was given…

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  • Public Notice Required Before“Substantial Curtailment” of Non-NJT Buses

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    As this issue goes to press, we were notified of the governor’s signature on S2607/A3872, which requires private bus operators of “motorbus regular route service”, not including “charter bus operation,” “special bus operation,” or “casino bus operation” or “a motorbus route predominately operated for tourism or recreational purposes” to give NJ Transit and the N.J.…

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  • Maryland County Expands Transit Tax Credits

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    An interesting article about Montgomery County, Maryland, and its increasing bus service and employer subsidies to entice more peopl eout of their cars: Note that they have 30-minute frequency, adjust service based on automatic rider counts about 3 times annually, and just increased the subsidies to employers, who pay $25/employee to enter the program, which…

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  • Secaucus to Meadowlands Transitway

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    At the added August board meeting, a concept/design contract for this project, which began in April with an Innovation Challenge. The goal is to improve transit between Secaucus Junction and the Meadowlands complex. We question spending $3.5 million for the study—for that, we could surely have weekend service to Montclair State!—but given the approval, hope…

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  • Bus Riders’ Plight Terrible: Opinion

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    John Bobsin

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    Bus riders on NJ Transit get the short end of the stick, according to Alfred P. Doblin, editorial page editor of The Record newspaper.  After 3 years of riding NJT buses to his job, Doblin should know.  In the evenings at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, he writes, horrendous lines snake through the terminal as…

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  • NJT to Extend MyBus Now to Port Authority Runs

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    John Bobsin

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    For bus travellers on NJ Transit to or from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, it has been difficult to determine just when that next bus will arrive.  However, NJT’s MyBus Now program will be extended in June to the Port Authority routes, completing a rollout that first began in South Jersey, and later added non-Port…

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  • Weekday Midday Busing Resumes on Gladstone Branch

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    John Bobsin

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    Continuing track maintenance on the Gladstone Branch this summer has required bus service replacing trains on weekdays between roughly 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.; riders should note that inbound buses leave 15–30 minutes earlier than the trains they replace, leading to longer journey times, which are longest for the most outlying stations.  Outbound delays are…

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