PARK AND RIDE RAIL SERVICE' NEW BRUNSWICK-NEWARK-NEW YORK CITY

THE FINAL THREE MONTHS OF THE PARK AND RIDE PROJECTS PLANNED 18 MONTH DEMONSTRATION PERIOD WAS COMPLETED ON APRIL 24, 1965. THE JERSEY AVENUE STATION AND THE FREE PARKING FACILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPERATED BY THE RAILROAD WHILE NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE PROJECTS RESIDUAL VALUE. EXPENSES INCURRED SINCE THE TERMINATION DATE ARE BEING BORNE BY THE RAILROAD. PATRONAGE DECREASED DURING FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1965, IN PART REFLECTING THE RESUMPTION OF NORMAL TURNPIKE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. A SHARPER DECLINE OCCURRED IN APRIL. A 20 PERCENT DECLINE DURING THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 16 WAS ATTRIBUTED TO AN INACCURATE REPORT IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER STATING THAT A 50 -A-DAY PARKING FEE WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE ON APRIL 26 AT THE JERSEY AVENUE FACILITY. THIS ERRONEOUS ANNOUNCEMENT WAS CORRECTED. DAILY CAR COUNTS SINCE THEN REFLECT A GRADUAL REVERSAL OF THE DOWNWARD TREND. OPERATION OF OLDER, NONAIR-CONDITIONED EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED A DETERRENT FOR USE OF THE JERSEY AVENUE FACILITY. IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT MORE FREQUENT TRAIN SERVICE AT THE DOWNTOWN STATION, ESPECIALLY WESTBOUND DURING THE EVENING PEAK PERIOD, DETRACTS FROM JERSEY AVENUE PATRONAGE. AT THE PROJECTS INCEPTION, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT MOST PASSENGERS AT THE NEW SUBURBAN STATION WOULD BE DIVERTED FROM THE DOWNTOWN STATION. SURPRISINGLY, HOWEVER, TRAFFIC AT THE DOWNTOWN STATION HAS GAINED. SINCE PARKING SPACE IS SCARCE DOWNTOWN, THIS INCREASE TESTIFIES TO GREATER TRAFFIC EMANATING FROM THE FAST-GROWING SUBURBAN AREAS AND SUGGESTS THAT THE ADDITION OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL NEW STATION WAS INDEED A TIMELY IMPROVEMENT. /TRI-STATE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prog Rept NO 4, 23 PP, 3 FIG, 5 TAB
• Corporate Authors:

  Tri-State Transportation Commission

  100 Church Street
  New York, NY  United States  10007

  Department of Housing and Urban Development

  Hud International Brief
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 1965-4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Central business districts; Equipment; Parking; Passengers; Publicity; Railroad terminals; Toll roads; Traffic; Utilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Toll road traffic
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225104
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Transp Plng Abstracts /Prelim
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 6 1994 12:00AM