Tiger Transit
 Tiger Transit 26002 on Weekend Shopper | |
| Parent | Princeton University |
|---|---|
| Locale | Princeton University campuses in Mercer County, New Jersey |
| Service area | Mercer County, New Jersey |
| Service type | University bus system |
| Routes | 7 |
| Destinations | Princeton Junction, Princeton, New Jersey, Mercer Mall |
| Fleet | 23 (17 buses & 6 cutaways) |
| Fuel type | Gasoline, Electric |
| Operator | WeDriveU (2021-present) First Transit (2009-2021) |
| Website | Official website |
Tiger Transit is the Princeton University shuttle service in and around its campus in Princeton and other nearby areas of Mercer County, New Jersey. Tiger Transit operates eight routes within the campus and around the city of Princeton. WeDriveU operates the service.[1][2][3]
Routes
[edit]All Tiger Transit routes are free of charge and only operate on weekdays, with the exception of Route 6, which operates 7 days a week, and the Weekend Shopper routes, which only operate on weekends. Routes 1, 2, and 3 are open to the public and serve various areas around the greater Princeton area. Route 4 essentially functions as an alternative to the Princeton Branch, locally known as the Dinky, and therefore is only available to University ID holders [citation needed]. The Weekend Shopper routes combine service around most of the Princeton campus areas with service along US-1 to the Windsor Green and West Windsor Plaza malls in West Windsor, and the Quaker Bridge Mall in Clarksville.[1]
Route List
[edit]As of Spring 2024[4]
| Number | Name | Serves | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grad College to Stadium Drive Garage | Princeton Graduate College to Stadium Drive Garage via Faculty Rd and Washington Rd | |
| 2 | Lawrence/Lakeside to EQuad | Friend Center to Lawrence Apartments via Faculty Rd and Washington Rd | |
| 3 | Merrick to Forrestal/PPPL | Merrick Stanworth Apartments to Forrestal Campus/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory via Nassau St, Washington Rd, and US-1 | |
| 4 | Princeton Junction to Stadium Drive Garage | Stadium Drive Garage to Princeton Junction via Alexander St | Only Princeton University ID holders can board at Princeton Junction. |
| 5 | Circulator | Friend Center to Lakeside/Lawrence Apts to Princeton Station to Graduate College to Nassau Street | Only in service weekdays 7pm-12am. |
| 6 | Meadows Connector | Main Campus to Meadows Neighborhood via Washington Road | Operates 7 days a week from 7am to 12am |
| 7 | Princeton Municipal Transit | Elm Court to Princeton Shopping Center via Nassau St | Also known as "Muni" |
| WS | Weekend Shopper | Friend Center to Whole Foods, Wegmans, Trader Joe's via Nassau St, Alexander St, and US-1 | Only operates on weekends. |
| MWS | Meadows Weekend Shopper | Meadows Neighborhood to Whole Foods, Wegmans, Trader Joe's via Washington Road and US-1 | Only operates on weekends. |
Fleet
[edit]The Princeton University Tiger Transit fleet is operated by WeDriveU, which has operated the service since February 2021 when the former operator First Transit lost their contract.[1][2][3][5] The initial fleet under WeDriveU consisted of 14 New Flyer D40LF transit buses from Orange County Transportation Authority and various Ford cutaways. All former OCTA New Flyer D40LFs have since been replaced by fully electric buses (NFI XE35 CHARGE NG), and the Ford cutaways are expected to be replaced as well in 2025.
Active
[edit]| Fleet Numbers | Photo | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Powertrain | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22004, 22006, 22008, 22013, 22015-22016 |  |
2019 | Ford | E-450 |
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| 26002-26018 |  |
2022 | NFI | XE35 CHARGE NG[6] |
|
On Order
[edit]| Fleet Numbers | Photo | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Powertrain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22019-22026 | 2025 | Ford | E-450 |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "TigerTransit | Transportation and Parking". transportation.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ a b "Princeton University Selects WeDriveU to Operate TigerTransit Shuttle". WeDriveU. May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ a b "Pardon our transit-ion – TigerTransit upgrade in progress | Transportation and Parking". Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ "New at TPS".
- ^ admin (2021-04-29). "Path to Net-Zero at Princeton University". WeDriveU. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "Xcelsior CHARGE NG™". New Flyer | North America’s Bus Leader. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
