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Hudson County, New Jersey, is the sixth-most densely populated county in the U.S. [7] and has one of America's highest percentages of public transportation use. [8] [9] During the 1980s and early 1990s, planners and government officials realized that alternative transportation systems needed to be put in place to relieve increasing congestion [10] along the Hudson Waterfront, particularly in ...
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]
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History of Bergen County, New Jersey. New York, New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Company; Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1: Hoboken to Dover. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-58248-214-9.
Light rail in New Jersey is provided by NJ Transit, a state-owned corporation which also provides bus and commuter rail services. In 2023, the light rail system had a ridership of 20,827,300. [1] Light rail, among other forms of transit, is a major part of the state's Smart Growth policy.
The New York City and Philadelphia MSAs are also divided into divisions, of which there are five in New Jersey. Every statistical area and county in New Jersey belongs to the Northeast Megalopolis. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-CT-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (19,979,477) New York-Jersey City-White Plains NY-NJ Metropolitan Division ...
As of 2024, the active fleet of NJ Transit Bus Operations consisted of approximately 2800 buses which it housed and maintained at eighteen NJ Transit bus garages. [1] NJ Transit and companies leasing buses from the state agency use various models of buses between 25 feet (7.6 m) (minibuses and 60 feet (18 m) feet in length (some of which are articulated) to provide local and commuter service ...
Metropark station is an intermodal transportation hub on the Northeast Corridor in the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey that is located 24.6 miles southwest of New York Penn Station. It is owned and operated by NJ Transit and serves Amtrak and NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor Line.