Thursday, June 14, 2012
Newly relaxed Bike Aboard Policy will allow bicycle boarding at all train stations effective July 1.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Cycling enthusiasts, rejoice! You can soon take your bike aboard trains at any station in New Jersey. It's thanks to a newly relaxed bicycle onboarding policy from NJ Transit. The policy is effective July 1. Cyclists should note that this new policy does not mean you can take your standard (non-collapsible) bike on any train at any time. There are restrictions for certain holidays and peak travel times. Read NJ Transit's full release here: NEWARK, NJ — Following Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chairman James Simpson’s call for a speedy resolution to customer and bicycle advocates’ concerns about bike access at train stations, the NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors today adopted a new Bike Aboard Program that expands travel …
Monday, January 9, 2012
If evening service proves popular, bus company says it will become permanent.
DeCamp will begin testing evening service from Wall Street to West Caldwell starting later this month, according to an alert posted on the bus company's website. Beginning Monday, Jan. 23, DeCamp will pick up commuters at 5:15 p.m. on weekdays from Battery Place and bring them to stops in Clifton, Montclair, Verona, Caldwell and West Caldwell. DeCamp currently operates a morning service to downtown with a bus leaving Kirkpatrick Lane in West Caldwell on 6:15 a.m. weekdays and traveling east to Caldwell, Verona, Montclair and Clifton before heading into the city. The route can be viewed here. The downtown route is essentially a modified #33/#66 route that currently runs from West Caldwell to Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City. …
Friday, January 6, 2012
NJ Spotlight maps out average travel times statewide. See how the Caldwells compare.
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Friday, January 6, 2012
How much time do you spend getting to your job? According to recent U.S. Census data, Caldwell and West Caldwell workers spend an average of 27.1 and 26.8 minutes respectively commuting. (Figures are not available for North Caldwell.) The average commute for New Jersey workers is 36.5 minutes—not as high as Chatham (slightly more than 38 minutes) or Marlboro (44 minutes), but longer than commutes in a few South Jersey towns like Washington (16.7 minutes). Colleen O'Dea of NJ Spotlight mapped out the average travel times statewide using census data from 2006-2010. See the map here. You can click on any municipality to see the details. Here's how the Caldwells stack up: In West Caldwell, out of 5,097 total workers, 5% say they work at home, …
RobertDubenezic
2:58 pm on Monday, January 9, 2012
I thought they would already be going to wall st. Lakeland Bus has had this service for years. more ›