My name is Brent Langas Miller. I’m a graduate student getting my Masters of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) at Rutgers’ Bloustein School. I live in Downtown New Brunswick, and while I have a car on campus, it’s parked far away from where I live (in order to minimize hypocrisy), so I often take the local buses around New Brunswick because I’m lazy and don’t want to get my car. 

I’ve observed over the last four years of being at Rutgers that our college buses are well used and depended on by students. However, our local buses are often devoid of students. I think it is because my peers have become dependent on Uber when they can’t drive themselves. My fellow students often spend $15 to $25 on an Uber to the North Brunswick Walmart that costs $1.80 on the perfectly good 814.

Well, first you have to know where and when to wait, what to pay, how to get off. And is it even safe? Well, yeah. It’s way safer than driving. However, the transit agencies in the New Brunswick area make it so hard to use their services that people have defaulted to using Uber to travel around the area. What if there was a place where someone could go to find information for every bus route in New Brunswick?

Take a look at the map on the homepage and see where the bus can take you. When you find your route, read its route guide and schedule so you know exactly what to expect. Are you new to public buses? Don’t worry. Buses for Beginners will get you riding like an expert in no time! And if you have any questions, send me a message using the form below!

Happy riding!

Brent