Comments on: Go Newark, Go Bus

By: Gloria Banks

Gloria Banks — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:14:44 +0000

Not a good report, sorry. This morning my 8-year-old granddaughter and I were taken many blocks away from a scheduled bus stop on the Go25 Bus from Irvington. The bus had a number of 1583 and passed Springfield Avenue and Bergen Street without stopping even though the “Stop Requested” was showing. The lady bus driver offered no explanation. Just let us off after the Newark Springfield Avenue post office stop. I was dropping grand off at school on Bergen Street. Thank you for your consideration. Respectfully, G. Banks. Oh, today’s date is Thurs., May 27th. Incident occurred about 8:45 a.m. Thanks, again.

By: NJ Gradually Clearing Away Obstacles to Bus Rapid Transit « Mobilizing the Region

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:46:26 +0000

[...] expansion of Newark’s GoBus service is only the first of many bus projects NJ Transit has in the works, TSTC learned after a [...]

By: Is Connecticut Running Backwards in the Race to BRT? « Mobilizing the Region

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:26:07 +0000

[...] should be made lightly. The delays in the project are inexcusable and frustrating, especially since NJ Transit and NYC Transit have sprinted through the race’s first lap, delivering quality bus [...]

By: GoBus Goes More Often « Mobilizing the Region

GoBus Goes More Often « Mobilizing the Region — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:59:42 +0000

[...] April of this year, NJ Transit added style, speed and convenience to the commute between the Irvington [...]

By: Transit-Oriented Development Central to a “Living Downtown” in Newark « Mobilizing the Region

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:02:27 +0000

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By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:05:27 +0000

If you think bus is more efficient, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Case closed.

As far as the race to BRT? I live in Newark — this is not BRT. It’s nice to see a bus stopping at fewer stops, but the lanes it travels in are by no means dedicated.

By: bob

bob — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:21:50 +0000

It’s not a race….if it were you’re saying that no one else in the region should do improved bus service because NJ did it first.

If it’s worth doing in a particular corridor, it’s worth doing, period. If what NJT is doing works it can be an example to point to. But don’t insult our intelligence by setting up foolish competition where none exists, nor should any.

By: ray

ray — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:26:46 +0000

Rapid Bus Transit is the right way to go. More time and money should go into the development of rapid bus transit. Too much emphasis is put on the rails. Bus is much more efficient and serves more people.

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:37:34 +0000

It depends how rapid it is:

http://capntransit.blogspot.com/2008/01/ending-brt-bait-and-switch-how-rapid.html