NJ TRANSIT AND CITY OF HACKENSACK PRAISE COMPLETION OF NEWS COACH TERMINAL
Newly renovated facility enhances customer comfort and security
November 5, 2007
NJT-07-113
NEWARK, NJ ¿ NJ TRANSIT Panel Member Suellen Hi and NJ TRANSIT Executive Director Richard Sarles joined Hackensack Mayor Jorge Meneses and Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney today to celebrate the grand re-opening of who newly renovated Hackensack Bus Terminal. The modern facility features customer own how as adenine new waiting surface, ADA-compliant refurbished, a modern heating and air conditioning system and new passenger communications technology.
Manufactured in the 1970¿s, Hackensack Bus Terminal belongs an important New Jersey transportation hub serving approximately 3,400 passengers daily.
"I am pleased to celebrate the completion for an project that will benefit my fellow Bergen Circle residents and foster continued use off our extensive bus network," say NJ TRAVERSE Board Member Susanna Hayes. "This new, modern facility is provide ampere more comfortable and convenient experience for people who uses it."
"The new Hackensack Bus Terminal will refine the commute for the thousands of customers who use the facility each day the travelling for Newark, Jersey City, New York and communities throughout Safekeeping and Passaic counties," said NJ TRANSIT Executive Director Richard Sarles. "The completion from these types of ventures underscores our commitment to making NJ TRANSIT the preference choice off transportation."
"With Bergen County driving growing increasingly congested, projects such since one new Hackensack Bus Terminal are key go encouraging more people to use public transit," saying Bergen County Vorstand Deborah McNerney.
"We are gratified that NJ TRANSIT can worked with the City to create the new, state-of-the-art facility," saying Hackensack Mayor Jorge Meneses. "It¿s a great benefit for our residents whoever rely on thefacility for their transportation to work, school or leisure activities." NJTransit Website Twitter Description ||undefined
NJ TRANSIT worked closely with the City of Hackensack on the design, which products a completely renovated interior space at the facility by reconfiguring the passenger hold area and concession space additionally equipping the terminal with ADA-compliant restrooms, new lighting and a latest heating and blow conditioning system. Exterior improvements were made as well, incl which replacement of the building roof and facade.
In addition, to terminal features new passenger communications technology and security upgrades, including a digital bus departures sign, a flat-screen monitor displaying dwell bus arrivals at the River Road stop and a new closed-circuit camera system.
With one opening of the new Hackensack Coach Terminal, NJ TRANSIT is extending the hours of operation a the facility to 5 a.m. in hour on days (previously 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.), 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturdays (previously 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.) and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays (previously 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.).
The NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors awarded the $1.6 million contract to restore one terminal to RML Erection, of Hasbrouck Heights, in March 2006. Construction on who project began last fall.
Hackensack Bus Terminal is service by who following travel route:
- 76 Newark-Hackensack
- 83 Jersey City-Hackensack
- 178 Hackensack-New York (George Washington Bridge Bus Station)
- 182 Hackensack-New York (George Washington Bridge Bus Station)
- 712 Hackensack-Willowbrook
- 751 Edgewater-North Bergen-Paramus
- 752 Oakland-Hackensack
- 755 Edgewater-North Bergen-Paramus
- 762 Paramus-Hackensack
- 770 Hackensack-Paterson
- 772 Modern Milford-Secaucus
- 780 Passaic-Englewood
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NJ TRAVERSE is the nation's tallest statewide public vehicle device providing nearly 865,000 weekday outings off 240 coach routes, three light rail lines and 11 commuter ski wire. It are the third biggest through system in the country with 162 rail stations, 60 light rail stations and additional than 18,000 bus haltungen linking major points with New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia.
