New Jersey Transit launched a pilot shuttle program on Monday that will operate in parts of the state by offering free connections to major bus stops and park & rides, providing commuters a new way to access the bus network.<\/p>\n
The new program runs in partnership with Via and through $7 million in funding from the Federal Transit Administration, per NJ Transit.<\/p>\n
For now, the pilot program only services a small part of New Jersey: four communities in Bergen County, and two others in Monmouth.<\/p>\n
\u201cMicroLink powered by NJ Transit is a smart, customer-focused investment that is part of building a more connected, reliable, and rider-focused NJ Transit,\u201d New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill said. \u201cBy bringing flexible, on-demand service to communities in Monmouth and Bergen counties, and meeting people where they are, we\u2019re making it easier than ever to access a transit system that works for riders.\u201d<\/p>\n
In Bergen County, it will be available in the municipalities of:<\/p>\n
Bergenfield<\/p>\n
Englewood<\/p>\n
Teaneck<\/p>\n
Tenafly<\/p>\n
and in Monmouth County:<\/p>\n
\u201cMicroLink powered by NJ TRANSIT,\u201d runs from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, and is accessible through the MicroLink app, or by phone at 973-233-4047.<\/p>\n
Since it is on demand, it is recommended to book rides 20-30 minutes before your departure time.<\/p>\n
All MicroLink trips are ADA accessible, however, the service is separate from Access LINK, the dedicated paratransit service for people with disabilities under NJ Transit.<\/p>\n
The pilot program is funded to operate for two years at no cost to commuters, many of whom learned of the service on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I\u2019ll try it,\u201d Marilynn Escalante said to News 4. \u201cWe\u2019ll see when they start charging.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Jersey Transit launched a pilot shuttle program on Monday that will operate in parts of the state…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1066,9,11,10,17250],"class_list":{"0":"post-187973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-jersey","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-news","12":"tag-nj-transit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}