question for new yorkers

[Edge17]

hey,

if I was going to commute each day from manhatten to princeton, nj what would be the fastest way? cheapest? recommended?

edge

 

[brunswickite]

I commute from New Brunswick to manhatten everyday.

From princeton you can take the NJTransit "North East Corrider" Train line to New York Penn. It takes about 45 minutes from princeton on express, over an hour if you get a local train.

My monthly ticket is 264 bucks a month, I assume princeton will be closer to $300.

 

[Edge17]

ok, so i'm looking at the nj transit site. could you explain to me the difference between Light Rail and Fast Fare?

 

[geecee]

Originally posted by: brunswickite
I commute from New Brunswick to manhatten everyday.

From princeton you can take the NJTransit "North East Corrider" Train line to New York Penn. It takes about 45 minutes from princeton on express, over an hour if you get a local train.

My monthly ticket is 264 bucks a month, I assume princeton will be closer to $300.

^ This would probably be the cheapest, and one of the fastest ways, depending on whether or not you own a car and how fast you drive if you do. The reverse commute driving is not too bad and you rarely run into the kind of traffic that plagues rush hour going into or coming out of the city with the normal rush. Still, it will take an hour driving (exceeding the speed limit by a fair margin). The NJ Transit NE Corridor line will likely not have express trains going in the opposite direction of the rush hour, so don't expect to see them. Also bear in mind that NJ Transit will pretty much come to a standstill in any kind of moderately bad weather. Then there is also the question of very sparse public transportation once you get to Princeton (Are you going to Princeton proper or Princeton Junction?) Driving will give you more flexibilty, but costs quite a bit more if you consider gas, insurance and ownership costs.

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: geecee

^ This would probably be the cheapest, and one of the fastest ways, depending on whether or not you own a car and how fast you drive if you do. The reverse commute driving is not too bad and you rarely run into the kind of traffic that plagues rush hour going into or coming out of the city with the normal rush. Still, it will take an hour driving (exceeding the speed limit by a fair margin). The NJ Transit NE Corridor line will likely not have express trains going in the opposite direction of the rush hour, so don't expect to see them. Also bear in mind that NJ Transit will pretty much come to a standstill in any kind of moderately bad weather. Then there is also the question of very sparse public transportation once you get to Princeton (Are you going to Princeton proper or Princeton Junction?) Driving will give you more flexibilty, but costs quite a bit more if you consider gas, insurance and ownership costs.

driving in manhattan also sucks during rush hour.

 

[brunswickite]

Originally posted by: Edge17
ok, so i'm looking at the nj transit site. could you explain to me the difference between Light Rail and Fast Fare?

I am not sure what "Fast Fare" is, I think the NE corridor is Light Rail..

 

[brunswickite]

Originally posted by: geecee

Originally posted by: brunswickite
I commute from New Brunswick to manhatten everyday.

From princeton you can take the NJTransit "North East Corrider" Train line to New York Penn. It takes about 45 minutes from princeton on express, over an hour if you get a local train.

My monthly ticket is 264 bucks a month, I assume princeton will be closer to $300.

^ This would probably be the cheapest, and one of the fastest ways, depending on whether or not you own a car and how fast you drive if you do. The reverse commute driving is not too bad and you rarely run into the kind of traffic that plagues rush hour going into or coming out of the city with the normal rush. Still, it will take an hour driving (exceeding the speed limit by a fair margin). The NJ Transit NE Corridor line will likely not have express trains going in the opposite direction of the rush hour, so don't expect to see them. Also bear in mind that NJ Transit will pretty much come to a standstill in any kind of moderately bad weather. Then there is also the question of very sparse public transportation once you get to Princeton (Are you going to Princeton proper or Princeton Junction?) Driving will give you more flexibilty, but costs quite a bit more if you consider gas, insurance and ownership costs.

Exactly...

NJ Transit stops working when it gets cold and snowy, its a "stop signal", switches are frozen, trains in front, doors freezing. Pain in the azz.