Diving into JC (Jersey City, Princeton, Princeton Junction: train, station, commuting)

[njposter]

I was wondering if anyone on this forum drives into Jersey City for work. I am trying to get real takes on the traffic and time needed to get in. I will be commuting from the Princeton Junction area. I hear everything from 50 minutes to 1.5 hours. What I want to know is when is a "good" time to hit the road and not get stuck in too much traffic - this applies to both ways. It seems like getting up to Exit 14 around 8:30AM would not be too bad and leaving at around 6PM would not put in bumper to bumper traffic - any advice?

[apvbguy]

Originally Posted by njposter

I was wondering if anyone on this forum drives into Jersey City for work. I am trying to get real takes on the traffic and time needed to get in. I will be commuting from the Princeton Junction area. I hear everything from 50 minutes to 1.5 hours. What I want to know is when is a "good" time to hit the road and not get stuck in too much traffic - this applies to both ways. It seems like getting up to Exit 14 around 8:30AM would not be too bad and leaving at around 6PM would not put in bumper to bumper traffic - any advice?

you might be able to do it in under an hour at off times but 1.5 hrs+ is more realistic from 7-9 am
you will encounter bad traffic at 8:30, getting out at 6 shouldn't be an issue, you should consider using the train from princeton jct

[njposter]

I was thinking about it but the wait for a spot is 5+ years and the traffic around the station seems just as bad. the time spent trying to get in/out of the station would probably be better servers driving in. Also, NJT is notoriously bad with delays, etc hence the reason for the drive in.

[njposter]

Originally Posted by apvbguy

you might be able to do it in under an hour at off times but 1.5 hrs+ is more realistic from 7-9 am
you will encounter bad traffic at 8:30, getting out at 6 shouldn't be an issue, you should consider using the train from princeton jct

By the way what is "off hours"? I thought 8:30AM or 9AM would qualify.