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The end of the year is expected to be chilly, so if you are going out tonight to celebrate New Year, gear up! According to the weather forecast, light snow is anticipated with a combination of high winds. More snow will fall in the afternoon. Mother nature chooses a bad timing to unleash its fury, I guess.

For commute and travel, more buses and trains will be added to accommodate the travelers and revelers, according to the Jersey Journal.

Personally, I’d rather stay in a quiet place or celebrate with family and friends here in Jersey City than to travel to Times Square and watch the giant ball go down.

Bus, train runs added for holiday
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
By BRIAN T. MURRAY
THE STAR-LEDGER

Skipping out of work early to celebrate New Year’s Eve? Hoping to catch a lift home from New York City’s Times Square after midnight?

Travelers this holiday evening and early tomorrow will find extra buses, extra trains and additional trips being added to normal weekly schedules to accommodate them throughout New Jersey and New York City.

NJ Transit, for example, is operating 54 late-night trains after midnight and late-night bus service from the Port Authority Bus Terminal to assist revelers returning from Times Square and other points in New York.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey also will add trains to its regularly weekly schedule today on the PATH service.

Before midnight, the frequency of train service for the return trip from New York, via the Journal Square to 33rd Street by the Hoboken Line, also will be increased and run on a 10-minute schedule for passengers.

PATH service will run on a Sunday schedule for New Year’s Day. Visit the NJ Transit Web site at www.njtransit.com to check bus and train schedules for today, tomorrow and the rest of the week. Schedules vary by route. The PATH schedules may be found on the Port Authority Web site at www.panynj.gov.