Tag Archives: signage

Mysterious Market Street – Route 46 – Teterboro Route

Seen on 40th Street: Jitney bus with a sign reading “New York: Route 46 East Junior Ave/ Paterson Market St. / Teterboro Union City: 42th St. & 8th Ave”

I asked the driver if, in fact, he had come from Paterson via Teterboro, but he said no.

This raises the questions:

  • Is this an actual route?
  • If so where did it go (other than Route 46 and Market Street)?
  • Was this a previous route that is now defunct?
  • Where is Junior Ave? I couldn’t find any such street on Google maps

Jitney bus observations

In my work as an outside observer of the jitney bus system, I have realized that much of the information I gather is too anecdotal to publish as fact. I have also developed a considerable body of personal opinions on the jitney industry.

This type of information isn’t especially relevant for the informational part of the website, which is mostly route names, maps, frequency and fares. I decided to make a blog post section of the website, which I hope will be a more appropriate venue for:

  • The broadcast of my thoughts and general market observations
  • News articles
  • Research on private transit systems that are not New Jersey jitney buses
  • Mysteries about the jitney system that I have not unraveled
  • Changes to the main website about genera jitney information (this will serve as a change log)
  • Pictures of jitney bus signs with amusing typos

I aspire to become the writer of the only (and therefore, the best) jitney bus blog. This, with persistence, will not be hard.