No News is Good News for South Essex Commuters

The New Jersey Transit schedule that takes effect on June 2, here, has no news for South Essex County commuters. For most riders, that's good news.

The South Orange schedule was changed last fall, before Superstorm Sandy. Riders charged that fewer seats and stops meant more crowded trains. In spring, the situation was changed.

The March 24 changes saw four of the seven peak period trains with the same or less travel time than existed last April. The travel time for the remaining three trains will only be from one to three minutes more that existed in April of 2012.

In March,  Village President Alex Torpey said in a statement:

"We've had a lot of people work with us  - we couldn't have made it happen alone. From our state legislators, to county officials, to my fellow mayors in West Orange and Livingston, trustees and officials here in town, and of course the thousands of commuters who were impacted by this change and voiced their frustration. This is a big step, and we look forward to working with residents through our NJ Transit Advisory Committee to continue to work with NJ Transit to make improvements to the commuter experience in South Orange, such as continuing to improve the schedules, crowding and overall commute, making improvements to the Main Station on Sloan Street, working with NJ Transit on Transit Oriented Development projects and continued support of our jitney service."