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Montclair NJ, DeCamp Bus Lines, based in Montclair New Jersey, will be ceasing commuter services to and from New York City effective April 7 after failing to recapture pre-pandemic ridership levels.
“As we pass the three-year mark from the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, DeCamp Bus Lines has struggled to recapture daily commuter passengers as work-from-home, telecommuting and flex schedules severely reduced daily commuting to New York City,” the company said in a customer notice. “Despite our best efforts, monthly ridership averages 20 percent or less of pre-COVID levels.”
According to a customer notice, DeCamp Bus Lines will no longer operate the bus routes: 33, 66/66R, 44, 99, 88, 32, and 100 as of April 8. However, DeCamp will continue operating daily charter, shuttle and casino services.
While the company has experienced a severe reduction in their ridership numbers, it managed to sustain commuter services “thanks to the various federal and state financial assistance programs,” DeCamp said.
“But, without further assistance on the horizon, the economic losses from continued operations of the commuter services are too much to bear.”
In its notice, the company went on to express its “heartfelt gratitude for [customers] continued support throughout the years.”
I haven’t drove to work in 3 years.
Working from home.
Going to ride my bike before lunch today then join a couple of conference calls.
The genie is out of the bottle…
I see the small short buses on route 4 ‘express service’ between paterson and NYC.. are they licensed or do they poach riders from NJ transit?
They are licensed. NJ Transit doesn’t provide the same service (Paterson to GWB Bus Terminal via Broadway/Route 4), so no riders are being poached per se.
wow.. business down 80% ..
Thanks Uncle Joe.
Commercial real estate is next. Empty office buildings in Manhattan with tenants who will not be renewing their leases.
Yep they will turn that into housing.