North Bergen Park and Ride — Local services in North Bergen

This is a great way to visit NYC as a tourist. With a couple of caveats: the bus ticket purchase system seemed inconsistent and confusing. You need the ticket that they give you when you come in to purchase your bus tickets. Clearer instructions on paying for tickets and parking would be great. As new tourists we were able to figure the system out but it was not newbie friendly.

On Monday at 11 AM there were a few parking spots available but it would be good to get there early to...

Perfect if you’re in north Jersey, have a car but don’t feel like driving into NYC. Go here, get the first ticket to enter the parking lot, use that same ticket to purchase single or round trip bus ticket. Park your car for up to 24 hours, and the bus ride is about 15 mins to the Port Authority. Very convenient for day trips...

There's always available parking and the buses are reliable and fairly frequent. But, they still use an antiquated paper ticket system for the daily park and ride (incidently, a good deal at $11.50 for round trip bus + parking). And sometimes the ticketing...