New Jersey Highlands CouncilTo better understand the movement of people and goods throughout the Highlands Region, and to support the development of Regional Master Plan policies and long-term planning goals, a Baseline Transportation and Transit Layer was developed. This layer includes all major private bus carriers in the Highlands Region that operate on a daily basis on any of the US, State or County routes used in the analysis. The presence of a routine bus route indicates the potential for transit opportunity. Spatial data were acquired from NJ Transit, Morris County and Somerset County. Bus route data, maps and other information were collected from Sussex, Hunterdon, Bergen and Passaic Counties. Private bus providers were contacted in order to verify the presence of existing routes including Coach Bus, Short Line Bus, Lakeland Bus Lines and Trans-Bridge Lines. There are several private bus carriers including but not limited to Coach Bus, Short Line Bus, Lakeland Bus Lines and Trans-Bridge Lines which predominately run independent routes to Northeast New Jersey and New York City.ArcGIS FeatureLayerhttps://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/fd298b73bfd14b7196e0be35eaa14829_1engNew Jersey Geographic Information Network (NJGIN) Open Data PortalPublicPrivate Bus Lines [New Jersey]Web servicesNew JerseyLast Modified: 2016-07-01