RIDE M1 | Middlesex County RIDE Fixed Route System
Serving New Brunswick, North Brunswick, South Brunswick, and Jamesburg.
Frequency: Bi-hourly (every two hours)
Monday to Friday: 6:55 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
On weekdays only, I journey down US Route 130, deep through the sprawl of South Brunswick to the quaint town of Jamesburg, NJ. It’s only $1 the whole way. Call me 24 hours before your trip, and I’ll deviate out of my way for you. But you should know, I have an early bedtime of 3:00 pm and only run every two hours.
Meet me on Somerset St, in front of the St. Peter’s parking lot, under the Middlesex County RIDE Shuttle sign. My number is 800-221-3520, and you can visit the remains of my website here.
Timetables:
Most Vehicles Not Bike Equipped |
No Live Tracking |
Exact Change Only |
Deviation Available (call 24 hours before traveling)
ALERT
Checked 5/2025
Middlesex County RIDE, in their quest to switch the entire county to micro transit, still runs two hourly service on the (sigh) RIDE M1 Shuttle. The timetable (above) is still correct, as every trip with black over it has been cancelled since 2022. Buses now depart from New Brunswick Rail Station on the even hours only and depart Jamesburg/Cranbury odd hours only.
This is a flag-down route, meaning drivers are authorized to pull over at any safe location. Few stops are marked, and the ones with signs usually say 8A, the bus’s former name from the aughts. Middlesex County RIDE allows only 2 deviations per run, so request them in advance only if you need it. One last thing. You’ll see a note on the schedule about a special “Stop & Shop” deviation, so named for the now defunct Dayton Stop & Shop at Summerfield Center. For this one deviation, you can tell the driver to drop you off on the way down and pick you up on the way up. If a rookie driver says, “You need to call ahead.”, show them the schedule.
The only way to pay is with a crisp George Washington. There are no tickets. There are no transfers. (The remaining RIDE route, the M7, doesn’t intersect with the M1, so the point is moot anyway.)
$1 Flat Rate
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