David Kilby, Managing Editor
JAMESBURG Due to the density of the borough and business of its roads, Jamesburg police have voiced their concern of bus riders flagging down the Middlesex County Area Transit bus that goes to Princeton Junction Train Station.
”We have a problem with safety in people flagging down the bus,” said Martin Horvath, Jamesburg police chief. “Wherever people feel it’s convenient to flag down the bus, the bus stops for them.”
The bus comes down Forsgate Drive, then makes a left on East Railroad Avenue. The borough is having a hard time finding a place for a legitimate, safe bus stop.
The M-6 MCAT shuttle serves Jamesburg, Monroe, Cranbury and Plainsboro, connecting those communities to the Princeton Junction Train Station in neighboring West Windsor.
The shuttle starts at Veterans Park, Jamesburg, continues to the Monroe Municipal Complex on Perrineville Road, then stops at the Concordia Shopping Center. It then stops at Park Place Housing on North Main Street, Cranbury, and continues on to Plainsboro, stopping at the Princeton Meadows Shopping Center, the Plainsboro Municipal Complex, Plainsboro Shopping Center and Village, then Princeton University Medical Center at Plainsboro before ending at the Princeton Junction Train Station.
The bus begins its route from Jamesburg at 6 a.m. and arrives every hour, taking an average of 10 minutes between each stop. Its last route from Jamesburg starts at 5 p.m. and ends at 5:55 p.m.
The bus begins its route from Princeton Junction back to Jamesburg at 7 a.m., making the same seven stops. The last bus from Princeton Junction to Jamesburg arrives at the train station at 6 p.m.
Visit www.monroetwp.com/pdf/m6mcat.pdfFor a full schedule of the route.
Jamesburg police are looking for a place for the bus to stop that will have a low impact on residents and businesses, Chief Horvath said.
The bus drivers of the MCAT already have been told by Jamesburg police not to stop for flag-downs.
”There’s no state statute we can enforce except to say ‘you can’t do that in our town,’” Chief Horvath said. “They’re asking us to do something that isn’t fitting with our town.”
”We would like to accommodate them,” said Otto Kostbar, Jamesburg Borough Council president. “We just can’t find a place that seems safe.”
The chief and members of the council noted it doesn’t matter how far people have to walk in Jamesburg to get to a bus stop because students from all over the borough walk to school since Jamesburg is a walking district. Even while considering that, though, finding a convenient place for the bus to stop still has been difficult.

