NJ Transit Seeking Public Input Redesigning Bus Network

NJ Transit will hold two virtual sessions for the public to provide input on the recently launched NewBus Burlington-Camden-Gloucester (BCG) initiative, a project to redesign the local intrastate bus network in the greater Burlington-Camden-Gloucester area for the first time in several decades.

The public sessions will include a presentation on the project’s objectives as well as an opportunity for public comments and project input.

Feedback from the meetings will help NJ Transit gather information to set project goals and begin drafting recommendations.

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NewBus BCG Virtual Public Meetings:

March 30th at 2:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Please visit the project website at www.njtransit.com\newbus-bcg to register for the meeting.

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New Jersey Transit’s Burlington-Camden-Gloucester (BCG) bus network redesign will restructure the regional bus system to make the network more “attractive and equitable” to current and future customers.

The initiative aims to help reverse the declining local bus ridership trends. The NewBus BCG initiative will include detailed performance analysis of how well the existing system meets the needs of customers, a robust outreach effort that engages the public and stakeholders, and identification of new activity centers and emerging travel destinations.

The results from the NJTs initiative will serve as an outline for implementing new service corridors for NJT buses.

Over the past several months, NJ Transit has been reviewing data from the U.S. Census, ridership databases, and customer surveys to learn about the local demand for transit. The following are highlights of the information NJT has learned so far.

• The 27 routes in the study area carried approximately 24,000 customers each weekday (pre-COVID). Nearly 700,000 people live within ¼ mile of service and over 200,000 jobs are within a ¼ mile of service.
• NJ TRANSIT bus customers rely on the service for their mobility: 44% do not own a car, 58% have household incomes below $35,000, and 80% ride the bus five or more times a week.
• Only 30% of NJ TRANSIT bus trips are for non-work purposes. NJ TRANSIT may be more heavily used for work trips because there is more service offered during traditional morning and evening commute periods.

Recommendations from the NewBus BCG initiative will seek to address the mobility needs in the three-county region. NewBus BCG draft recommendations are expected this fall.

For more information on the project please visit njtransit.com/newbus-bcg

The NewBus BCG Fact Sheet is available HERE.

For those without access to a computer or smart device, please contact the project team at (862) 800-5368 for assistance. Spanish language translation services will be available for the meeting.

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