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Looking at the updated 24 schedule, I'm glad there's more service along E. Jersey Street... even if it's more during the weekend. Kinda surprised that they never added extra service during the weekdays because it can get very over crowded at times. I had to experience that myself last week trying to go to the mall.

Link - https://www.njtransit.com/service-advisory/1700421 New timetables will be posted for the following NJ TRANSIT Bus Routes: Bus Route Nos. 5, 8, 22, 23, 24, 26, 31, 37, 39, 44, 63, 64, 67, 68, 80, 81, 82, 83, 87, 89, 90, 102, 107, 109, 111, 123, 126, 127, 128, 137, 156, 158, 161, 166, 190, 192, 194, 320, 402, 403, 405, 407, 408, 410, 413, 459, 463, 505, 551, 554, 601, 603, 606, 613 and 819. Please note the following service changes: On the bus routes mentioned above, trip times and service levels have been adjusted to reflect the current travel experience and improve reliability. No. 8 (daily): Trips from Journal Square towards Bayonne will end at Garfield Ave. at 55th Street in Jersey City (city line to Bayonne). Trips towards Journal Square will continue to start at Broadway at 54th Street in Bayonne. No. 24 (daily): On weekdays, service has been added during the AM and PM peaks between Tubman Square, in Newark and Broad & Jersey, in Elizabeth. Weekend service has been added between Tubman Square and Jersey Gardens Mall. No. 67 (weekdays): Bus No. 67 will no longer provide service to Jersey City. No. 68 (weekdays): Service levels will be adjusted to better match passenger needs. No. 123 (weekdays): An additional trip will depart from New York PABT at 5:20 PM. No. 158 (weekdays): Two additional trips to New York will serve the River Road corridor after 8 AM. No. 320 (weekdays and Saturdays): On weekdays, service frequency to New York has been increased to 10 min. between 9 AM and 11:30 AM. On Saturdays, an early trip has been added to Mill Creek. Nos. 601, 603, 606 and 613 (daily): Trips departing Hamilton Marketplace will begin service at the bus stop on Marketplace Boulevard at Spirit of 76 Boulevard in front of Chase Bank/Chick Fil A. Trips ending at Hamilton Marketplace will continue to serve the bus stop on Marketplace Boulevard at Lowes. No. 819 (weekdays): Service levels will be adjusted to better match passenger needs.

Hopefully now that they changed the destination sign, the pax can stop bothering the drivers by asking the same question if the bus is going to Ivy Hill when it's clearly going to 20th street (even though the last stop for that one is actually on 18th street) ... I highly doubt it lmao. When the 1 line used to show "1 Newark 20th Street" as the destination sign people still asked and how it was before this current change didn't help at all. I guess to add onto the destination signs, I noticed that they shortened "Jersey City" to "Jrsy City" for some reason. Other routes uses "Nwk" now like on the 31 and 5 (with the 5 now showing "Nwk Penn Station" in all caps. I haven't noticed any other sign changes.

I saw the 22902 on the 25 a little while ago.

All routes - 24, 31, 44 and 8, 9, 14 are on mybusnow and working. Plus the 80S service.

Saw the 5990 being used on the 31 earlier with a good amount of people on it.

Well it's finally up. Now to wait until these lines gets the mybusnow feature 24 line - https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/2019-11/T0024.pdf 31 line - https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/2019-11/T0031.pdf 44 line - https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/2019-11/T0044.pdf

The new schedules are up now. https://www.njtransit.com/bus-to

I just happened to randomly go on their site to check the schedules and it's been updated finally (though It probably was not long after July 17th) Anyway here they are The 31 - https://web.coachusa.com/CoachUsaAssets/files/95/route31.pdf The 24 - https://web.coachusa.com/CoachUsaAssets/files/95/route24.pdf The 44 - https://web.coachusa.com/CoachUsaAssets/files/95/route44.pdf

I think it gets posted like 5 days or so before the date it goes into effect.

Link - https://www.njtransit.com/service-advisory/1642973 New timetables will be posted for the following NJ TRANSIT Bus Routes: Bus Route Nos. 1/361, 13, 21, 22, 23, 25/go25/375, 26, 27, go28, 37, 39, 40, 56/57, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68, 85, 94, 99, 101, 102, 105, 107, 108, 109, 119, 122, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 137, 139, 144, 145, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 177, 190, 191, 192, 194, 198, 313, 315, 319, 320, 507, 509, 551, 552, 554, and 559. Please note the following service changes: On the bus routes mentioned above, trip times and service levels have been adjusted to reflect current travel experience and improve reliability. Nos. 101, 102, 105, and 109 (Weekdays): The 191D, 192D, 195D, and 199D/K have been renamed and given their own line numbers. Certain routes will feature additional service in the AM and/or PM peak due to increasing ridership. Gates at the Port Authority Bus Terminal and routes within New Jersey remain unchanged. Nos. 13, 21, 26, 27, 64, 68, 99, 107, 126, 158, 159, 161, 163, 165, 166, 320 (Weekdays): AM and/or PM trips will be added to help with the increase in ridership. No. 57 (Weekday and Saturday): Service will begin operating via Legacy Square shopping center in Linden. Nos. 128, 158 (Saturday), 1, 21, 25, 40, 166 (Sunday), 85, 94, 119 (Saturday and Sunday): Service added in mid-day to help deal with overcrowding caused by increasing ridership. No. 137 (daily): Summer Service to/from Seaside Heights, Seaside Park and Island Beach State Park will be discontinued after Labor Day. The weekday schedule will be adjusted to help with the increase in ridership. Nos. 63, 64, 313, 315, 319, 507, 509, 551, 552, 554, and 559 (daily): Trip times throughout the day will be adjusted to improve on time performance. Nos. 316 and 510: Summer Service will be discontinued after Labor Day. No. 319 (daily): Summer Service to Cape May will be discontinued after Labor Day.

The 31 service beyond South Orange towards St. Barnabas/Livingston Mall or towards Maplewood Loop stopped in 2018 or 2019 I think. Probably due to low ridership.

And the updated schedule for those routes here - https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/bus_schedules/upcoming/20230619/T1195.pdf

Link - https://www.njtransit.com/service-advisory/1618772 New timetables will be posted for the following NJ TRANSIT Bus Routes: Bus Route Nos. 1/361, 2, 10, 13, 21, 25/go25/375, 27, 34, 39, 40, 59, 64, 67, 70, 73, 76, 80, 81, 87, 94, 96, 97, 107, 112, 113, 114/117, 115, 116, 119, 122, 123, 126, 128, 130, 131, 132, 135, 136, 137, 139, 144, 145, 148, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166, 168, 178/182, 191D, 192 D, 193/194/197/198/324, 194, 197/198, 199 D/K, 313, 315, 316, 319, 320, 507, 509, 551, 552, 609, 811, 814, 815, and 818. Please note the following service changes: On the bus routes mentioned above, trip times and service levels have been adjusted to reflect current travel experience and improve reliability. No. 2 weekdays: Two early morning R-trips have been added from Journal Square to Secaucus Junction to serve employees with earlier shift times. No. 25 daily: New service pattern via Avenue P, terminating at Doremus and Roanoke Avenues in Newark. Select trips will begin and end at this location serving employees in this area. Service has been expanded throughout the day, seven days a week. No. 192 D weekdays: Service added in AM and PM peak to help reduce crowding. No. 199 D/K weekdays: Now serving Kearny and Harrison via Kearny Avenue/Frank Rodgers Boulevard. Service begins and ends at Frank Rodgers Boulevard and Cleveland Avenue. Three trips will operate to New York in the AM, and there will be 3 return trips in the PM. These trips will also add capacity on the 199 D, helping to reduce crowding. Nos. 1, 10, 21, 27, 34, 39, 40, 59, 70, 76, 80, 81, 87, 94, 122, 123, 126, 128 154, 156, 158, 159, 160, 163, 164, 166, 168, 193, 250, and 320 weekdays: Service has been increased in the AM and/or PM peaks and in some cases during evening and middays as well. See schedules for details. Nos. 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, and 117 weekdays: Schedules out of New York during the PM peak have been adjusted to reduce reported dwell time at first stops in New Jersey. Trips have been added in the AM and PM peak to reduce crowding. No. 119 weekdays: Service has been increased in both directions throughout the day. Select trips will start and end at JFK Boulevard at Pamrapo Avenue (city line between Bayonne and Jersey City). During the AM peak, all Northbound trips that do not start at Journal Square will bypass Journal Square to avoid potential delays associated with anticipated construction. Nos. 64J, 130, 131 and 132 (weekday): Service will no longer operate via Freehold Center. Freehold Center service will still be available via Bus Nos. 64H, 67, 135, 139, 836, and 838. No. 67 (daily): Bus No. 67 will no longer provide summer service to Seaside Heights/Seaside Park. Connecting bus service between Bus Nos. 67 and 319 Jersey City/Newark service and Seaside Heights/Seaside Park on Bus No. 137 will be available via a transfer at Toms River. No. 137 (daily): The schedules will be adjusted for the summer to provide limited service to/from Seaside Heights, Seaside Park and Island Beach State Park. Select trips will be adjusted in coordination with the summer Bus Route No. 319 schedules. No. 139 (daily): Service to Freehold Center will be adjusted to better match passenger demand. Nos. 313, 315, 319, 507, 509, 551 and 552 (daily): The weekday, Saturday and Sunday schedules will be adjusted for summer traffic levels. Additional service will be provided on selected lines to accommodate increased demand during the summer. No. 316 (daily): Route will be restored for the summer, providing express service between Philadelphia and Cape May via Wildwood through Labor Day (9/4/23). No. 510 (daily): Route will be restored for the summer, providing additional service between the Wildwood Bus Terminal and Rio Grande. No. 811, 814, 815 and 818 (daily): In New Brunswick, all trips will operate via Neilson Street when George Street is closed. No. 815 (daily): Route will now serve the FedEx facility on Edgeboro Road in East Brunswick.

I made a post about it on the Random Thoughts Thread yesterday and today I saw it again on another nabi for the 25 which this time I did have the phone on me and took a picture.

Quite the random sight I saw this morning with the 6385 on the 1 showing - 199D Newark/ 1 Newark 16th St I know it was the driver messing around with the destination sign thing but, I wanted to share that. Sucks that I didn't have my phone on me to take a picture.

This is the earliest one saved on the website from 2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20000611145726/http://www.njtransit.com:80/docs/Pdffiles/T0075.pdf This one being the latest I could find from April 2012 when it also served William Paterson University https://web.archive.org/web/20120710003343/http://www.njtransit.com:80/pdf/bus/T0075.pdf

Is this what you wanted? https://web.archive.org/web/20090522205939/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0884.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20090522205946/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0980.pdf

Interesting ... well, now to see if extending the 90 over to Hilton Garage works out because it didn't when they tried that on the 1 line in 2005. Here is a wayback link to see - https://web.archive.org/web/20050512114732/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0001.pdf

Link - https://www.njtransit.com/service-advisory/1462756 New timetables will be posted for the following NJ TRANSIT Bus Routes: Bus Route Nos. 1/361, 5, 11/28, 13, 21, 25/250/375, 26/52, 27, 29, 30, 34, 39, 40, 41, 48, 59, 62, 65/66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 78/378, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 94, 96, 99, 107, 108, 111, 112, 113, 114/117, 115, 116, 122/190, 125, 126, 128/165/166/168, 130/132/136/139, 137, 144/145/148/164, 151/161, 153/159, 154, 155/168, 156, 157/167/177, 158, 160, 162/163/164, 165, 166, 191/192/195/199, 191/195, 193/194/197/198/324, 194, 196/197/198, 258, 313/315, 317, 319, 321, 400, 401, 402, 408, 410, 412, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 457, 505, 552, 553, 559, 601, 603/613, 606, 607, 609/619, 703, 704, 712, 770, 801/802/803/804/805, 810, 811, 813, 814, 815, 817, 818, 819, 822, 836, 838, 878, Capital Connection and Woodbury Combined. Please note the following service changes: On the bus routes mentioned above, trip times and service levels have been adjusted to reflect current travel experience and improve reliability. Nos. 13, 90 and 96 Daily: Service will no longer terminate on the Valley Mall Plaza property. Nos. 13 and 96 will serve Valley Mall Plaza in both directions at Chancellor Avenue and Woolsey Street (MyBus #32721). No. 90 has been extended to Chancellor Avenue at Springfield Avenue/43rd Street and will serve Valley Mall Plaza at Chancellor Avenue at Woolsey Street (MyBus #32721) to Irvington Terminal/Branch Brook Park and at Chancellor Avenue at Coit Street (MyBus #17771) to Springfield Avenue weekdays and Saturdays. Trip times have changed on all routes. No. 89 Saturdays and Sundays: Midday frequency has been increased to 45 minutes. No. 128 Weekdays: Additional trips from New York will operate at 12:20AM and 1:25AM. Nos. 130 and 139 Weekdays: Select trips will no longer operate via Freehold Center. No. 165 Saturdays and Sundays: Additional local trips will operate in the morning, afternoon and/or evening. No. 166 Saturdays: Additional local trips will operate in the afternoon and evening. No. 402 Weekdays: The 3:29PM express trip from Philadelphia to Carney’s Point will operate via Broadway in Westville. Service on Gateway Blvd. will be discontinued due to low ridership. No. 402 Saturdays and Sundays: Trips have been added in the morning to expand travel options for customers. No. 505 Weekdays: In the ‘To Longport’ direction, the 7:19AM and 5:16PM trips from the Atlantic City Inlet will be adjusted to end at Ventnor Avenue and Franklin Avenue in Margate. Nos. 601, 606 and 613 Daily: Early AM seasonal service to/from Hamilton Marketplace will be discontinued. ----- I haven't been to the Valley Mall Plaza area in about 2-3 years so I don't know what the reasoning is for those three lines not ending there exactly but, from what I see, that big place only has 4 stores so that could be a obvious reason of: Not much of a variety in stores to really get people going over there. Also: The 13 will have less trips going out that way and more going to Irvington Terminal - https://d2g63oyneaimm8.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/bus_schedules/upcoming/20220106/T0013.pdf

So, the new schedules are up and taking effect on January 15th and the more surprising thing I'm seeing is that they chose to re-route the 90 after Cordier Street so it starts at Chancellor Ave and 43rd street Also, the 13, 90, and 96 isn't going to be serving Valley Plaza Mall directly Well here is the link to it - https://d2g63oyneaimm8.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/bus_schedules/upcoming/20220106/T0090.pdf They did something like this before in 2005 or 2008 I think? That they decided to extend a certain amount of 1 trips past Ivy Hill to go all the way to end and begin at 43rd Street... that only lasted a few months for some reason.

I'm kinda surprised that they are thinking about cutting the 96 service. But, I guess I can see why since during most of the day, I would usually see like 2 to 3 people on it but also during school season, the 96 can be packed with high school students (I should know since I've been catching that bus for over 18 years now haha). So there is need for that bus service of sorts. I'm even more surprise that they want to extend the 5 service out to the Kearny Walmart. While I'm happy that they are thinking of sending bus service out that way again, I really thought it would have come from the 30 or 40 line since those are closer. I'm probably missing a very obvious reason. Well if it does become a reality then it sure as hell beats having to catch the 40 to Harrison and Davis Ave and then walk 20 minutes the rest of the way and back. There used to be bus service going to that Walmart from the 43 line (I caught it a few times to go there) though, that service wasn't great with only 3 trips leaving out of Newark and 4 going towards Newark which is why that service was discontinued in September of 2012 due to low ridership.

That video is crazy and to think not long after that happened, I was going to be going that way unaware of what happened to buy food. Now every time I get on the 90, I'm going to be paying more attention, especially at that intersection.

Link to the article that includes a picture of the bus on the sidewalk with all of the damage. The bus was on the 90 line. https://www.rlsmedia.com/article/update-stolen-car-strikes-nj-transit-bus-irvington-township

The advisory is posted on the website Link here - https://www.njtransit.com/service-advisory/1371789 And completely random: I noticed that the GO25 service during the morning is slowly being cut back while the afternoon stays the same. The current April update for the schedules, I noticed that a trip was taken away and now with the June update, another trip is being taken away 🤔 ------ New timetables will be posted for the following NJ TRANSIT Bus Routes: 1/361, 2, 6, 10, 13, 21, 22, 23, 25/250/375, 27, 34, 37, 39, 40, 48, 56/57, 58, 59, 62, 64, 65/66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 76, 78/378, 79, 80, 81, 85, 87, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 99, 107, 108, 111, 112, 113, 114/117, 115, 116, 119, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126 128, 129, 130/132/136/139, 131/135, 133, 137, 138, 144, 145, 148, 151/161, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167/177, 168, 181, 190, 191/195, 192/199, 193, 194, 196, 197/198, 313/315, 317, 320, 321, 355, 400, 404, 408, 409, 410, 412, 502, 505, 507, 509, 551, 552, 553, 554, 559, 600, 603/613, 605, 606, 608, 609/619, 703, 801, 871/874, 872, 873, 875, 878, 880, Capital Connection and Woodbury combined. Please note the following service changes: On bus routes mentioned above, trip times and service levels have been adjusted to reflect current travel experience and improve reliability. Nos. 13, 34, 94 and 99: Seasonal service adjustments have been made to weekday schedules. No. 39: Saturday mid-day service has been increased. Nos. 67 and 137 Daily: The schedules will be adjusted for the summer to provide limited service to/from Seaside Heights, Seaside Park and Island Beach State Park. Select trips will be adjusted in coordination with the summer No. 319 schedules. No. 107: The weekday schedule has been adjusted during the AM and PM peak periods to provide additional service. An additional Sunday trip, traveling from Ivy Hill, at 6:18AM has been added. No. 116 Weekends: Adjustments made to early AM inbound trips from Perth Amboy and PM outbound trips between 4:30PM and 5:30PM out of New York, allowing additional travel options. No. 119 Daily: Trips will depart from PABT Gate 208 from 6AM until 10PM and from PABT Gate 80 from 10:01PM until 5:59AM. Nos. 132, 136 and 139 Weekdays: Service to/from Jackson Township will be discontinued due to low ridership. Nos. 313/315, 319, 507, 509, 551 and 552 Daily: The weekday, Saturday and Sunday schedules will be adjusted for summer traffic levels. Additional service will be provided on selected lines to accommodate increased demand during the summer. Nos. 313, 408 and 412 Daily: The timepoint in Pitman has been moved to Broadway at West Jersey Avenue in the southbound direction (To Cape May/Millville/Sewell) due to the elimination of the bus stop on southbound Broadway at Pitman Ave. The timepoint in the “To Philadelphia” direction will remain at northbound Broadway at Pitman Avenue. No. 316 Daily: Buses will operate through the summer until Labor Day, providing express service between Philadelphia and Cape May via Wildwood. No. 355 Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays: Hourly service will operate from New York between 8AM and 9PM and from American Dream between 10AM and 11PM (web-timetable only). No. 510 Daily: Buses will operate through the summer until Labor Day, providing additional service between the Wildwood Bus Terminal and Rio Grande.