I wouldn’t call the heights a transit desert, but definitely underserved given the density of the area. Imo, the coverage is fine, I.e. you could leave all the bus routes & light rail as they are, it’s the frequency that’s the problem. Every bus and the light rail should basically be running double what it runs now.

The jitneys/immis/minibuses pick up some slack, but they dropped off after covid, and are honestly just awful. I feel for the drivers and their need to make a livelihood but this shit should not exist in a first world country. They are not accessible to the disabled, have no real timetable, pollute and drive like maniacs… and I can’t use them because they don’t take my NJT monthly pass. They should be real NJT buses.

I was recently in Staten Island and realized that the buses in this random suburban neighborhood of SI came twice as often as the buses on Palisade Ave or Kennedy. Like a neighborhood of random single family homes with better transit service than some of the densest parts of the country. NJ is just pathetic in this regard.