Bus routes in New Jersey

Tagging

Relations

Most buses operate in two directions, taking different sides of a divided highway or going in the same direction around a one-way street. In these cases, separate route relations should be created for each of the two directions. The two directions should then be combined in a route_master relation for the route itself. For example:

• Metropark Loop 801
  • route_master: 5578273 5578273 (JOSM)
  • AM route: 4734923 4734923 (JOSM)
  • PM route: 5578271 5578271 (JOSM)

The route_master should be added to the network for New Jersey Transit Buses, 2956527 2956527 (JOSM).

Tags

New Jersey Transit bus routes should be tagged as follows:

Key	Value
type=*	route
route=*	bus
network=*	NJ Transit
name=*	NJTB - ### - City 1 to City 2
ref=*	###

A public_transport=platform node indicates where passengers should wait on the side of the road. This node should be created on the correct side of the road, using the stop name that is assigned by New Jersey Transit. A highway=bus_stop tag should also be assigned to the node for backward compatibility. All platform nodes should be grouped together at the beginning of the route relation, so as not to interrupt the continuity of the route. JOSM will indicate any discontinuities in the route relation in red; these should be fixed before uploading.

A public_transport=stop_position tag may also be used to indicate the position where the bus stops on the road. It does not interrupt the continuity of the route, so it can be placed in the order that the bus drives the route.

QA

Here are some useful Overpass queries that can help to find bad stops

Searches for	URL
All bus stops in NJ (should have results)	overpass-turbo.eu/s/EMh
Bus stops missing ref (should be empty)	overpass-turbo.eu/s/EMj

Route variants

Only the major route variants should be mapped. These are the routes that proceed along the main travel corridor and collectively account for at least 50% of the trips on the schedule. OpenStreetMap can only serve as a guide to indicate which buses are *available* near a location in New Jersey. If a bus rider needs to know whether a particular stop is served by a bus at a specific time, he must consult the timetable or a trip planner.

The reason for this limitation is the complexity of the bus schedules. New Jersey Transit has a habit of operating variant routes to serve a major employer or a college. Some of the route variants operate only one trip per day!

For example, bus 814 (5656067 5656067 (JOSM)) has routes for various combinations of the major stops:

• Walmart North Brunswick to downtown New Brunswick
  • via North Oaks Boulevard
  • via Brunswick Shopping Center
  • via DeVry North Brunswick
• Walmart North Brunswick to Middlesex County College (Edison)
  • via downtown New Brunswick
  • via downtown New Brunswick and Heller Industrial Park
  • via DeVry North Brunswick
• DeVry North Brunswick to Middlesex County College (Edison)
• DeVry North Brunswick to downtown New Brunswick

This is just the weekday schedule in one direction! The reverse direction adds additional variants, and the weekend schedule adds even more.

It is infeasible to map all the route variants.  Only the main travel corridor and the main route variants can be maintained.

Route variants may also be represented by mapping only the detour off the main travel corridor. The rider will have to read the NJ Transit timetable to see which sections of the route operate at what times.

New Jersey Transit

Status

Most New Jersey Transit Buses (2956527 2956527 (JOSM)) were mapped before Public Transport Version 2. There are very few route_masters, and most routes contain an unordered combination of all routes.

1-99: North Jersey Cities

Two-digit bus numbers are assigned to routes that serve Newark and other cities in North Jersey. Routes that do not contain the name of a city usually serve Newark. Some of these routes connect North Jersey cities to other parts of the state.

Number	Route description	Route Master	Status	Notes
1	Newark	2956520 2956520 (JOSM)
2	Jersey City Journal Square Secaucus	2956522 2956522 (JOSM)
5	Kinney	2990189 2990189 (JOSM)
6	Ocean Avenue Journal Square	2990190 2990190 (JOSM)
10	Bayonne Jersey City	5720696 5720696 (JOSM)
11	Newark Montclair State Willowbrook	2990180 2990180 (JOSM)
13	Broad Street Clinton Avenue	2990181 2990181 (JOSM)
21	Main Street	2990182 2990182 (JOSM)
22	North Bergen Union City Hoboken	9336497 9336497 (JOSM) To do: 22X North Bergen to Hoboken
23	North Bergen Weehawken Hoboken	2956525 2956525 (JOSM)
25	Springfield Avenue	2990183 2990183 (JOSM)
26	Irvington Elizabeth	6232211 6232211 (JOSM)
27
28
29
30
34
37
39
40
41
48	Elizabeth Woodbridge Perth Amboy	5712031 5712031 (JOSM)
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56
57
58
59
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
70
71
72
73
74
76
78
79
80
81	Bayonne Jersey City	10364091 10364091 (JOSM)
82
83
84
85	Mills Creek Hoboken	Master 9336735 9336735 (JOSM) Hoboken to Mills Creek 9336734 9336734 (JOSM) Mills Creek to Hoboken 2968033 2968033 (JOSM)
86
87
88	North Bergen Jersey City Journal Square	2968035 2968035 (JOSM)
89
90
92
94	Stuyvesant Crosstown Bloomfield Union Linden	5720667 5720667 (JOSM)
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97
99

100-199: Commuter buses to New York City

Number	Route description	Route Master	Status	Notes
107
108
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
119	Bayonne New York	5869786 5869786 (JOSM)
120	Bayonne Downtown New York	6047114 6047114 (JOSM)
121
122
123
124
125	Journal Square New York	8238198 8238198 (JOSM)
126	Hoboken Hamilton Park New York	8238197 8238197 (JOSM)
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
135
136
137	Toms River Lakewood New York Island Beach State park (seasonal)	10359067 10359067 (JOSM)
138
139
144
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148
151
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167	Harrington Park Teaneck New York	6077891 6077891 (JOSM)
168
171
171
177
178
181
182
186
188
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199

300-399: Seasonal, Park-and-ride, and Long-distance

Number	Route description	Route Master	Status	Notes
329	Secaucus North Bergen Union City Weehawken New York	10364090 10364090 (JOSM)

700-799: Passaic and Bergen County

Routes that enter major cities in Northern Jersey are numbered with two-digit route numbers.

800-899: Central Jersey

The 800 series covers buses that remain within Central Jersey. Routes that connect Central Jersey to cities in North Jersey are numbered with two-digit route numbers.

List is incomplete.

Number	Route description	Route Master	Status	Notes
801	Metropark Loop JFK Medical Center	5578273 5578273 (JOSM)
802	Metropark Loop Woodbridge Corporate Park	4734925 4734925 (JOSM)
803	Metropark Loop Woodbridge Rail Station	4734926 4734926 (JOSM)
804	Metropark Loop Inman Avenue	10364089 10364089 (JOSM)
805	Metropark Loop Fords	5578274 5578274 (JOSM)
810	New Brunswick Woodbridge Center	5575204 5575204 (JOSM)
811	New Brunswick South River	5620597 5620597 (JOSM)
813	Perth Amboy Middlesex County College	5651468 5651468 (JOSM)
814	North Brunswick New Brunswick Middlesex County College	5656067 5656067 (JOSM)
815	New Brunswick East Brunswick Woodbridge Center	10364096 10364096 (JOSM)
817	Perth Amboy Campbells Junction	5687475 5687475 (JOSM)
818	New Brunswick East Brunswick Old Bridge	5679215 5679215 (JOSM)
819	Piscataway Plainfield Metuchen Middlesex Mall	5574401 5574401 (JOSM)

Hoboken

Hoboken Hop

A shuttle service ran by the City of Hoboken. More information can be found at it's website. On all these routes, you can hop on or off at any corner. So don't worry about mapping any stops.

Name	Route description	Route Master	Status	Notes
Hop Master	Master route for the Hop stops	9173834 9173834 (JOSM)
Hop Red	A route around Hoboken. Stops at the Hoboken Terminal, 14th Street, and loops around in Western Hoboken	6680504 6680504 (JOSM)
Hop Blue	A loop around Southern Hoboken stopping at Hoboken Terminal	6680459 6680459 (JOSM)
Hop Green	A loop around Western Hoboken stopping at Hoboken Terminal	6680493 6680493 (JOSM)
Senior Shuttle	A route intended for senior citizens. Takes a wild ride around Hoboken, and has weekly trips to Walmart in Secaucus.	6680517 6680517 (JOSM)

Stevens Institute Shuttles

Name	Route description	Route Master	Status	Notes
Red Line
Green Line
Red Line
Gray Line