Burlington County was left out of a new free shuttle bus launch in South Jersey. Here’s when and why that’ll change.
The South Jersey Transportation Authority announced a free shuttle bus program in June. Burlington County is still waiting for its route to start service.
Burlington County was left out of a new free shuttle bus launch in South Jersey. Here’s when and why that’ll change.
The South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) announced June 1 that a free shuttle bus program called South Jersey Connects was launching that day with routes in all seven southern counties: Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem — and Burlington.
But as the other routes launched, the promised Burlington County route never began. On the authority’s website, it is still marked as “coming soon.”
That is because until recently, the transportation authority was not actually authorized to operate in Burlington County. The county considered operating its own route for the program but ultimately agreed to have the authority run it instead.