Does NJ Transit buses, rails, and trains go everywhere in NJ? (Newark: transfer, neighborhood)
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If they do, I'm considering moving there without a car, or Should I choose to live in New York instead? Please help me.
Well yes but in South jersey buses run east-west in atlantic but run 24/7 however the crosstown service is AWFUL!!!!! cumberland's north south rtes 410 = EPIC FAIL 408= so so 553= epic win but you would be better off living in NYC!!!!! There is no need for a car in NYC at all but in jersey SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX U NEED A CAR!!!! NW jersey you NEED A CAR!!!! hunterdon county avoid it no NJT service other that rush hr train. Avoid sussex and morris if you dont want to drive. Bergen is doable. hudson doable visit here for details Hudson County Transit Map | Hudson TMA, essex has a night shuttle that runs 1am to 5am. But essex has bad neghborhoods. Union county is good but ****TY WEEKEND SERVICE(local that is) visit here for south jersey details Google Map and middlesex south of rte 18 sucks. rte 9 in monmouth has 24/7 139 line and during the day several cross rtes on weekdays 833 and 836 and other 800 series rtes. But if you can't get used to NJT just do NY NY is better and cheaper only$104 for bus/subway but NJ 10 rail pass $324 but works on all NJT services throughout the state. or try to first do the 5 to 8 zone rail pass to keep costs down as with it you can use any NJT service. But in LI you pay about 200 for LIR plus 104 for metrocard. It's ur call challenge urself with NJT or chicken out and do NYC???
Yes they do....and other companies fill in the gaps.... Service outside the areas closet to NYC ie Essex , Bergen , Passaic , Hudson , and Union counties is less but there are lines just about everywhere.
Yeah there's not many places of NJ you can really get away without a car, especially if you need to leave your town for some place specific that might require a series of annoying and unreliable transfers (many would mean taking a bus/train into NYC and another one back out). Look into parts of western Queens along the N/Q, 7 or R/M lines. Good areas with reasonable (for NYC) rents, plenty of amenities and only real reason to go to Manhattan would be for work, assuming you worked there.
Yeah there's not many places of NJ you can really get away without a car, especially if you need to leave your town for some place specific that might require a series of annoying and unreliable transfers (many would mean taking a bus/train into NYC and another one back out). Look into parts of western Queens along the N/Q, 7 or R/M lines. Good areas with reasonable (for NYC) rents, plenty of amenities and only real reason to go to Manhattan would be for work, assuming you worked there.
NJ is great, but if you're looking for a car-free life you'll have an easier time in NYC.
The main purpose of the NJ Transit train system is NYC-bound commuter travel. It's not like hopping on a subway to go downtown or to the next neighborhood over.
If you want to live in NJ without a car, you can probably do it in places like Jersey City or Hoboken where there are shops and restaurants EVERYWHERE and you don't have to drive out to Rt. [__] to a strip mall or shopping center to go grocery shopping, etc. etc. But it's still NJ and there aren't NJ Transit train stations, or even PATH stations, every 5 blocks like there are subway stations in NYC.
What I think NJTransit really lacks is the 24/7 hr aspect and frequency of its trains and buses running as compared to the MTA subways. Only in NJ areas close to the city (Hudson County) can you find frequent 24/7 buses and trains (PATH) running to the city.
Your choice, but not one I personally would ever want to make. What I mean is it's a night and day difference living in the "high pressure cooker" of NYC vs. being able to escape back to America, the mainland continent of America daily and stretch out your arms and relax. But to each his own.
Why don't you consider Jersey City, particularly the "Heights" area? There are round the clock bus/shuttle bus services running to NYC. And again, from Journal Square station, you can catch a train to Newark Penn/ New York Penn station and get trains for anywhere in NJ(if you ever have to go out there).
Locally, you would not need a car for your daily need as everything (grocery, restaurants, etc) is walking distance.
The difference in rend (J.City v/s NYC) would be large enough for you to offset your commuting costs(in fact, you would save money).
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Thank you for that input
