What are the best park and ride options? Are the lots overloaded in JC and hoboken? Where are the commuter lots if you only want to use the lot for a few days?

I appreciate the advice. Where is metropark and can I get a path train to NYC from there?

Thanks, this is very helpful.

Any chance the town could charter a bus as Chatham and Madison have done?

http://newjerseyhills.com/chatham_courier/news/chatham-charters-bus-to-from-manhattan/article_6b214f76-2905-11e2-9ff6-001a4bcf887a.html

I would recommend the Lakeland Summit Train Station or Summit Park and Ride bus service into Port Authority -- not a big cost in terms of gas. Tried it today. Second best choice get a driver to drop you off at the Westfield NJT station. two round trips of 15-20 miles each. Tried this twice. Third option - drop off at Newark Liberty train. 22+ each round trip. Tried once. All options took 1.5-2.0 hours.

For Short Hills folks:
The 70 bus also stops at corner of Millburn Ave and Morris Ave (stoplight in front of Scottys). Take this bus to Morris Ave and Mountain Ave to catch bus 114 straight to port authority NY. The bus stop for bus 114 is on Mountain Ave, on the side of the parking lot for NYsports gym, old Foodtown). See you there!

Anyone try the 107 from South Orange?

Why can't the town charter a bus service?

You can take bus #25 from Maplewood Loop to Newark Penn Station and from there take a train to NYC. Second option is to take that bus to Irvington Bus Terminal and a bus to NYC. On the way back you may take bus #25 to Maplewood Loop or bus #70 to Livingston Mall

Drove in this morning with no problems despite the snow. Parked right in the Port Authority Bus Terminal, granted I drove pretty early (5:30 AM), but it only took me about 35 minutes from SH, so I'll deal with the early mornings for the easy commute. Parking at the Port Authority is super easy and when you leave, the exit brings you right to the entrance of the tunnel. There's an "early-bird" parking special if you arrive before 6:30Am and leave within 12 hours.

"I've been taking the Cranford or Union trains. Both are a 12-15 minute car ride. Parking at Cranford is $5 and Union is 3.50. Train stops at Newark Penn than switch to NY Penn train. I've been getting seats going in both directions."

Can anyone tell me if the trains to & from Union have been more or less on time? Also, is it possible to get parking there or do you need to be dropped off? Thx!

NJ Transit just tweeted in response to a question about whether the M&E line would likely be out for 1 week or 4 weeks or what: "I can assure you it will not be more than a week, possibly sooner. "

Lakeland bus from Summit behind train Stn or park & ride. Ok going in. Standing room only coming out.

15x park & ride. Buses every 6 minutes to NY Penn. Plenty of parking. Staff does not understand concept of cross honoring.

You can drive to Newark Penn Station (15 min) and park (park fast daily rate $16) and take a train to NYC Penn (they will recognize your monthly pass or $10 round trip). Trains to NYC run every 20 min. Pretty painless.

A friend of mine is a civil engineer for NJT. I spoke to him earlier in the week and he said they are working 24x7. Hoboken and Secaucus have major issues and they were focusing there first. He expected the M&E line to be up in about a week on limited service, and the NJC line up in 3-4 on limited service. .02 cents...

Let's hope Lenny.

NJ Transithas information on its web site that there will be busses from Maplewood Station to Liberty Park Ferry. No schedule, no indicaiton number f busses. Anyone have any info about it?

Sam

Anyone try the Maplewood bus to Liberty State Park today?

Is there a bus that goes from summit/millburn/short hills to hoboeken?

Parking at Metropark and the NEC train into Penn Station. Crowded but it works.

Why can't we get buses from millburn train station to port authority? Other towns seem to be able to do this.

Yes! When will Millburn do some organization for its commuters? What can we do to set up a chartered bus service?