Editing Ringwood, New Jersey (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:2018-07-25 18 06 10 View north along Passaic County Route 511 (Greenwood Lake Turnpike) just north of Passaic County Route 692 (Skyline Drive) in Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|[[County Route 511 (New Jersey)|County Route 511]] in Ringwood]]

===Roads and highways===
{{As of|2010|5}}, the borough had a total of {{convert|87.52|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|72.73|mi}} were maintained by the municipality and {{convert|14.79|mi}} by Passaic County.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Passaic.pdf Passaic County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed November 3, 2013.</ref>

There are no state, U.S., or Interstate highways in Ringwood. The most prominent roads are [[County Route 511 (New Jersey)|County Route 511]],<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000511__-.pdf#page=9 County Route 511 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated July 2012. Accessed December 11, 2022.</ref> which follows the Greenwood Lake Turnpike, and [[County Route 692 (Passaic County, New Jersey)|County Route 692]], which follows [[Skyline Drive (New Jersey)|Skyline Drive]]. The nearest major highway is [[Interstate 287]], and both CR 511 and CR 692 have interchanges with it in neighboring [[Wanaque, New Jersey|Wanaque]] and [[Oakland, New Jersey|Oakland]], respectively.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/passaic.pdf Passaic County Highway Map], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed December 11, 2022.</ref> Ringwood had no traffic lights until June 2013, when the town's first one was installed at the intersection of Skyline Drive and Erskine Road. The borough still has no sidewalks or street lights.<ref>Green, Jeff. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/Nudge_from_a_nun_rush-hour_realities_lead_to_Ringwoods_first_traffic_light.html?page=all "Nudge from a nun, rush-hour realities lead to Ringwood's first traffic light"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 18, 2013. Accessed November 3, 2013. "Several years ago, Sister Matthew Cola regularly showed up at Borough Council meetings with a clear, consistent message: Put up a traffic light at Skyline Drive and Erskine Road, or someone's eventually going to be killed there.... Passaic County is installing a traffic light, the borough's first, at the intersection that officials say will reduce safety concerns and painfully slow evening rush hour traffic."</ref>

===Public transportation===
[[NJ Transit]] bus transportation is available at the Ringwood Park and Ride, located adjacent to [http://www.ringwoodlibrary.org/ Ringwood Public Library]. The [[196 (New Jersey bus)|196]] offers express bus service to and from the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]], while the [[197 (New Jersey bus)|197]] route offers local service, including to the [[Willowbrook Mall (Wayne, New Jersey)|Willowbrook Mall]] and Willowbrook Park and Ride.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100726183341/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesPassaicCountyTo Passaic County Bus / Rail Connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of July 26, 2010. Accessed March 14, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Passaic_County_Map.pdf Passaic County System Map], [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed August 16, 2015.</ref>