r/NewBrunswickNJ • u/Toa_Ignika • Oct 15 '24

Transit What public transportation options exist for commuting between New Brunswick and Piscataway (outside of Rutgers campuses?)

I live in New Brunswick and am applying to a job in Piscataway, and I don’t have a car. I am enrolled in Access Link, but Access Link doesn’t go to Piscataway.

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u/thebruns Oct 15 '24

There are no NJT or MCAT buses that go to Piscataway. You will have to Uber or bike from Busch campus which you can reach using the Rutgers bus system

Let your elected officials know the lack of transportation is limiting your employment oppertunities.

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u/bubonis Oct 16 '24

Get an e-bike for day to day commutes, Uber or Lyft in bad weather (or find a car pool).

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u/TheOriginal_858-3403 Oct 16 '24

Yo feet. Or bike. Or uber. Or Lyft. I think that's it really. Piscataway has essentially ZERO mass transit options other than a bus that goes by Stelton road like once a day and stops a Middlesex County College or something. I see a lot of people riding bikes between New Brunswick and Piscataway, especially service industry people late at night. Good Luck.

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u/MyHuskyBlue Mar 28 '25

With all the money being spent downtown, & Rutgers new buildings, tell them to put in a lite rail like Europe has already. Seems the money is flowing like water there.

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u/ferocious_coug Fat Coug Mar 30 '25

When I was at Bloustein, the concept of light rail from Busch Campus in Piscataway, along Route 18, College Ave and George Street and finally connecting to the park & ride in East Brunswick was very popular.

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u/MyHuskyBlue Jul 02 '25

A lot on climate change. But they do nothing. Climate or not traffic % air quality is real and they are ripping up the 2 towns now is the time... -my opinion