Journal Square Transportation Center — Local services in Jersey City

Travelers take note: construction work in/around Journal Square Plaza requires busy pedestrians to remain aware of ever changing traffic flow directives. When crossing JFK, Bergen, Sip, or Magnolia don’t assume drivers see you whether you have the light or not. It’s an inconvenient, often aggravating essential transportation hub (PATH trains to WTC & up to 33rd St Manhattan are frequently behind schedule) and adaptability and keeping up with NJ Transit rider updates, travel alerts, modified schedules, etc is the difference between an annoying commute (reaching destination at acceptable time) versus confused, wild sprinting through train/bus platforms, missed connections, and slipping on stairs freshly “watered” by transits’ urinating in semiprivate spots around the plaza. Said a lot here and I’m still not covering late night /weekend platform changes and what time does late night begin…bus platform worries for the...

It is currently under renovations. Ir is an old late 1960's dilapidated bus station, filthy, grimy, not safe, not enough bus lines dispatchers and/or customer service oriented. It needs a total gut job from down below where the Path trains are all the eay to the bus platforms at the street level. It has gotten worse as the years go by. Thuggery, pickpockets, petty crime, grimy, dirty, lots of hobos, homeless...

I think that the 80S bus should come almost every time if it can, because my bus stop is Grove St and almost some of my friends live near Sip Ave. It would be better to just take the bus down Sip Avenue than just walking from Journal Square to the block itself. It will take a little bit longer. But otherwise, the commute is very good. This is just...