{"id":16632,"date":"2020-06-24T03:34:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T07:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=16632"},"modified":"2020-06-24T03:34:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T07:34:26","slug":"brick-recommends-nj-transit-establish-bus-stops-along-route-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2020\/06\/brick-recommends-nj-transit-establish-bus-stops-along-route-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Recommends NJ Transit Establish Bus Stops Along Route 88"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An NJ Transit bus. (Credit: NJ.gov)<\/p><\/div>\n

New Jersey officials have published a study which recommends a number of bus stops be established along Route 88 in Brick, with township officials concurring and calling for them to be put into place.<\/p>\n

The township council on Tuesday night voted in favor of a resolution endorsing the recommendation of a study by the state\u2019s Bureau of Traffic Engineering to establish eight bus stops \u2013 four in either direction \u2013 along the state highway in Brick. In order for the state to move ahead with the new stops, the township\u2019s endorsement was required.<\/p>\n

The availability of bus transportation has also been a factor in the township\u2019s quest for a site along the highway to host a planned Veterans Administration outpatient clinic. Though the process of selecting a location for the clinic has stalled due to reasons that remain unclear, a medical building that would conceivably host it at the \u201ctriangle lot\u201d at the corner of Route 88, Burrsville Road and Jack Martin Boulevard, included plans for a bus stop carve-out.<\/p>\n

The bus stops have been proposed for:<\/p>\n