Maplewood Equipment Route 45

This is Maplewood Equipment's Route 45 from 1981.  It ran between Midland Park, Ridgewood, Hackensack and the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal.  Much of this route is today's NJT Route 175. 

Red and Tan Lines Route 25 (1959)

Here is a 1959 Red and Tan Schedule for Route 25 between New Milford and Washington Heights.  It was operated by Hill Bus Company, a predecessor to Rockland Coaches.  A schedule from 1981 for the same route is posted here.  This service still exists today as part of the 11C, which was taken over by Saddle River Tours on May 5, 2014 after Rockland Coaches dropped the route.

2014 NY-NJ Regional Transit Map

The MTA has just published a NY-NJ regional transit map for the Super Bowl.  It is for rail lines between NY and NJ and looks great!

Super Expensive Bus Service to the Super Bowl

The Star Ledger is reporting that NJ is offering a Fan Express bus service to the Super Bowl from locations throughout Northern New Jersey and New York for $51.  

More info on the service is available here.

70-170 Maple Ave (1971)

Public Service's Route 70-170 between Paterson and Ramsey.  A truncated version of this route still runs today between Paterson and Ridgewood as the NJT Route 746.

Public Service Route 80 Hasbrouck Heights - New York (1971)

This is the old Route 80 from the GWB Terminal to Hasbrouck Heights.  Service over the GWB  was discontinued in the 1980's and rerouted between Passaic and Englewood as the B-80.  The service remains today as NJT's Route 780.

Vintage NJ Bus Pictures

Nycsubway.org, besides being a great resource for the NY City Subway, has hundreds of vintage bus pictures on the site.

Check out this link for a bunch of vintage Maplewood Equipment pictures:

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/showpix?nsystem=463

There are links to pictures for Transport of New Jersey/NJT, Red and Tan and many others around the Tri-State Area.

Tenafly Asks NJ Transit to Expand Bus Service

Here's an interesting article from the Northern Valley Suburbinate discussing Tenafly residents asking NJ Transit to run some 166 buses on Tenafly and Knickerbocker Roads to make up for discontinued Rockland Coaches service over Routes 14 and 84. 

Vintage Bus Schedule Scan Trades

Hi all.  I havent posted any schedules in a while, but I would love to trade scans with anyone who has old north jersey bus schedules especially for Bergen and Passaic Counties.  I have hundreds of old schedules in my collection - primarily Transport of New Jersey, NJT and Rockland Coaches from the 1980s and newer.  Please contact me at NJBus86@yahoo.com if you have any you would like to trade.  I hope to get some new scans up shortly.

George Washington Bridge Bus Station Renovation

The Bergen Record is reporting that the long delayed renovation to the GWB Bus Terminal is set to begin and will take about two years to complete.  Bus service to the terminal has been decreasing dramatically over the years.  It remains to be seen whether the renovations will lead to increased ridership and service.   

Northeast New Jersey Metro Mobility Study

This website  http://www.nenjmms.com/proj_materials.html
has lots of data from surveys conducted by NJ Transit of riders and bus drivers around Bergen County done in 2009.  It shows the ridership levels for many NJ Transit routes, as well as for Shortline and Rockland Coaches.  The bus driver feedback in this report includes ideas for new routes, proposes later bus service and provides suggestions to improve existing routes.  There is talk of creating an express 171 route to Paterson, called the 170x, to help curb the declining ridership on that line which has decreased 75% due to competition from the jitneys on Route 4. 

Bus Rapid Transit for Bergen County

NJ Transit is conducting a study to create a bus rapid transit network throughout Bergen County.  They have information about the study, and ask for input from the community at the following website:  http://www.bergenbrt.com/

Seems like an interesting idea, but we'll see if it ever happens and whether it will be a successful service.

Red and Tan Lines/Rockland Coaches Route 84 (1983)

 

Here is a Red and Tan Route 84 Schedule from 1983. Red and Tan has been cutting back this route dramatically over the last few years. They currently are only running a handful of rush hour buses combined with the 20 line. Saddle River Tours took over the 20/84 line on May 5, 2014 after Rockland Coaches dropped the route.  Interestingly, the last run of the night back in 1983 was also a combined 84/20 run to the Rockland Psychiatric Center.