The phrase
"transit commuters" refers to people who travel to work or school using public transportation, like buses, trains, or subways instead of driving their own vehicles.
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And New
Jersey Transit commuters are being redirected to Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey, where they'll have to transfer to ferries, buses, or PATH trains to get into New York City, the New York Times reports.
The number of
mass transit commuters rose 10 percent between 2004 and 2014 in the leading transit markets in the West: San Francisco, Seattle, Portland and even Los Angeles, according to JLL.
While most automobile trips are short, driving and parking remain cheap and easy; there are
few transit commuters to whom the «last - mile» problem means anything.
In fact, I'm writing this while stuck on a
NJ Transit commuter train from New York City, which has lost power and is in the middle of the track somewhere near Secaucus.