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NJ Transit Bus Operations is the bus division of NJ Transit, providing local and commuter bus service throughout New Jersey and adjacent areas of New York State (Manhattan in New York City, Rockland County, and Orange County) and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley). It operates its own lines as well as contracts others to private ...
Access Link users in seven more counties can opt in to the program, which makes ride-hailing services available at subsidized rates. NJ Transit's Access Link pilot that uses Lyft and taxis expands ...
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) [2] is the agency responsible for transportation issues and policy in New Jersey, including maintaining and operating the state's highway and public road system, planning and developing transportation policy, and assisting with rail, freight, and intermodal transportation issues. It is headed ...
A Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1 train, built for the Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1930s–1940s, hauls a commuter train into South Amboy station in 1981. NJT was founded on July 17, 1979, an offspring of the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), mandated by the state government to address many then-pressing transportation problems. [5]
NJ Transit Rail Operations (NJTR) was established by NJ Transit (NJT) to run commuter rail operations in New Jersey. In January 1983 it took over operation from Conrail , which itself had been formed in 1976 through the merger of a number of financially troubled railroads and had been operating commuter railroad service under contract from the ...
NJ Transit Bus Operations is organised into three operating divisions: Northern, Central, and Southern. Each division has bus depots to house and maintain its bus fleet. As of 2024 NJ Transit had over 2800 buses and eighteen garages across the state. It also has over 500 minibuses and 50 vans used for community transportation. [2]
New Jersey has the 4th smallest area of U.S. states, [3] but its population density of 1,196 persons per sq. mi (462 persons per km 2) [3] [4] causes congestion to be a major issue for motorists. [5] New Jersey has a statewide mass transit system, centered on transportation to New York City and Philadelphia.
[32] [33] The transitway was initially planned to utilize the eastern and western spurs of the New Jersey Turnpike with bus-only connector ramps near New Jersey Route 7. Future plans include a busway partially along the former Boonton Line right of way, which is also slated to become a new state park, the Essex–Hudson Greenway. [32]