![]() ![]() ![]() The pandemic dealt small mom and pop bus companies a double blow by crippling the charter industry and commuter service. ![]() Unlike private bus companies such as DeCamp, transit agencies received federal COVID aid from three different acts. NJ Transit CEO Kevin Corbett reported the agency’s system wide ridership was at 75% of pre-COVID levels. Passenger levels dropped from an average of 6,800 rider pre-COVID to 1,250 passengers, DeCamp said.ĭeCamp’s experience reflects what has happened across the nation in the commuter and transit industry as ridership has been slow to return, at first due to remote work policies to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and then as employers transitioned to hybrid work schedules, where workers split the work week between home and the office. Pre-COVID, DeCamp ran seven commuter routes three of them returned to service on abbreviated schedules. ![]() “We were able to sustain it up to this point because of the various federal and state programs.”īut that aid has run out and the company can’t keep running that service at a loss, meaning the last commuter routes will be run on April 7, he said. “The ridership hasn’t returned, on a monthly basis, we are carrying less than 20% of what did pre-COVID, that’s why the tough decision was made,” he said. One of New Jersey’s legacy bus companies, that started as a stagecoach line in 1870, is ceasing commuter bus service on April 7.ĭeCamp Bus Lines, which will continue to operate charter and casino service, will stop operating its seven commuter routes due to ridership that never returned to pre-COVID 19 pandemic levels, said Jonathan DeCamp, vice president and chief operating officer of the Essex County-based bus company. ![]()
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