Trans-Hudson
Trans-Hudson Bus Survey (2022-2024)
The NJTPA is partnering with NJ TRANSIT and the Port Authority of NY and NJ (PANYNJ) to sponsor a Trans-Hudson Bus Survey. NJ TRANSIT is administering the project. Trans-Hudson bus trips represent a critical transportation market for the NJTPA region. The previous such survey was conducted in 2012.
The study surveyed riders on Trans-Hudson buses into Manhattan who use the Port Authority Bus Terminal, George Washington Bridge Bus Station and other curbside Manhattan locations (e.g., the Hudson River Ferry Terminals). The survey also included intra-Jersey riders who use NJ TRANSIT Trans-Hudson buses. The survey was conducted during spring and fall 2022, and spring 2023. Data will be used to support funding grant applications and analyses for planning and operations, such as regional travel demand models, the next NJTPA Long Range Transportation Plan and other planning studies.
The survey is largely an origin-destination survey similar in structure to the previous survey, with questions on trip start and end points, access and egress information, trip purpose and demographics. The survey included a question about post-COVID changes in bus use.
Final results including the final report are expected by the end of 2024.
For further information, contact Brian Fineman at (973) 639-8408 or
[email protected].
Trans-Hudson Bus Survey (2012)
The NJTPA partnered with NJ TRANSIT and the PANYNJ on a 2012 Trans-Hudson Bus Survey to meet federal data requirements. A previous survey had been conducted by NJ TRANSIT in 2002.
The NJTPA uses Trans-Hudson Bus survey data to develop and validate its Enhanced North Jersey Regional Transportation Model (NJRTM‑E), for air quality conformity analysis, to update the long range transportation plan and for other planning studies. NJ TRANSIT and the PANYNJ use these surveys to update models, plan interstate bus services and understand the customer experience. Surveys also inform project planning, redevelopment efforts, information sharing with developers and transportation management associations, transit service and fair equity analysis, fare modifications and other applications.
Riders were surveyed on most Trans-Hudson buses into Manhattan, including 37 NJ TRANSIT routes that use the Port Authority Bus Terminal, George Washington Bridge Bus Station and the Holland Tunnel to Lower Manhattan. The survey also included intra-New Jersey riders that use NJ TRANSIT Trans-Hudson buses and four long distance NJ TRANSIT bus routes that serve as feeders to PATH. The format was based on the 2002 survey with revisions to gather information on current topics of interest. The survey was conducted from March-June 2012 and the final report issued in May 2013.
For further information, contact Brian Fineman at (973) 639-8408 or
[email protected].
Trans-Hudson Ferry Survey (2013)
Ferry service is an important supplemental component of the Trans-Hudson transportation market in northern New Jersey. The NJTPA partnered with NJ TRANSIT to sponsor a survey in 2013 to address federal data requirements. The previous full survey of ferry riders was conducted in 1998.
As with the Trans-Hudson Bus Survey, the ferry survey provides data for developing and validating the NJRTM‑E, for air quality conformity analysis, to update the regional transportation plan and for other planning studies. NJ TRANSIT also uses the survey data to update its transit forecasting model and for transit planning and analysis.
The Trans-Hudson Ferry Survey format was based on past surveys with revisions to gather information on current topics of interest. The ferry survey complements other planned NJ TRANSIT studies so that, together, data is available for all NJ-NY ferry routes. Ferries are operated by private carriers (e.g., NY Waterway, Liberty Landing City Ferry/Hornblower, and Seastreak) and provide service between landings in NJ—Edgewater Ferry Landing, Port Imperial/Weehawken, Lincoln Harbor/Weehawken, Hoboken 14th Street, Hoboken/NJ TRANSIT Terminal, Newport, Paulus Hook/Jersey City, Liberty Harbor/Marin Blvd, Liberty Landing Marina, Warren Street/Jersey City, Port Liberte, South Amboy, Belford, Highlands and Atlantic Highlands—and NY—Midtown/W. 39th St, Brookfield Place/Battery Park City, Pier 11/Wall St, and East 35th St.
The survey was conducted during August 2013 and the final report is posted here. Results from the survey are available on request.
For further information, contact Keith Miller at (973) 639-8444 or
[email protected].