Editing Ocean City, New Jersey (section)

==Transportation==
In 2009, the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area (Cape May County) ranked as the sixth-highest in the United States for percentage of commuters who walked to work (8.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf|series=American Community Survey Reports|title=Commuting in the United States: 2009|access-date=December 26, 2017|date=September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726134351/https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf|archive-date=July 26, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===Roads and highways===
[[File:2018-08-09 17 08 56 View south along New Jersey State Route 52 (Howard Stainton Memorial Causeway) in Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[New Jersey Route 52|Route 52]] southbound on the causeway between [[Somers Point, New Jersey|Somers Point]] and Ocean City]]
In 1883, the first [[Moveable bridge|drawbridge]] to the island opened at 34th Street, linking Ocean City with the rest of Cape May County. Financed by the Ocean City Association, the toll road was narrow, frequently under water, and built of shells, gravel, sand, and cedar poles; it was widened in 1909, replaced in 1914, and again replaced in 1964. The newer bridge at 34th street was refurbished in 2018.<ref name="miller"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Wait No More, 34th Street Bridge Project Nearly Done|author=Donald Wittkowski|publisher=OCNJ Daily|url=http://ocnjdaily.com/wait-no-more-34th-street-bridge-project-nearly-done/|date=April 6, 2018|access-date=November 21, 2018|archive-date=October 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018121011/http://ocnjdaily.com/wait-no-more-34th-street-bridge-project-nearly-done/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1914, [[New Jersey Route 52|a bridge connecting the island with Somers Point]] opened across the Great Egg Harbor Bay, which was replaced in 1932 and again in 2012.<ref name="miller"/><ref name=Inquirer2>{{cite news|first=Jacqueline L.|last=Urgo|title=Route 52 Causeway ready for the season in Ocean City, N.J.|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=May 17, 2012|access-date=May 18, 2012|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120517_Route_52_Causeway_ready_for_the_season_in_Ocean_City__N_J_.html|archive-date=May 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525100204/http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120517_Route_52_Causeway_ready_for_the_season_in_Ocean_City__N_J_.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A road bridge connecting Ocean City and Strathmere opened in 1918, which was replaced in 1946 after being purchased by the county and made a part of [[Ocean Drive (New Jersey)|Ocean Drive]].<ref name="miller"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Bridge History|url=https://capemaycountynj.gov/653/Bridge-History|publisher=Government of Cape May County|access-date=November 21, 2018|archive-date=November 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121204627/https://capemaycountynj.gov/653/Bridge-History|url-status=live}}</ref> The Ocean City Automobile Club built a bridge in the northern end of the island in 1928, connecting the island with Egg Harbor Township; the bridge was replaced in 2002.<ref name="miller 2003">{{cite book|title=Ocean City: America's Greatest Family Resort|author=Fred Miller|year=2003|pages=38, 43, 48–49|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=0-7385-2447-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LRUufTZqweQC&q=%22wesley+c.+smith%22+ocean+city&pg=PA83|access-date=October 19, 2020|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127160655/https://books.google.com/books?id=LRUufTZqweQC&q=%22wesley+c.+smith%22+ocean+city&pg=PA83|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{As of|2010|5}}, the city had a total of {{convert|126.07|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|114.85|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|9.31|mi}} by Cape May County and {{convert|1.91|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Cape%20May.pdf Cape May County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref> Ocean City has bridge connections to the [[Marmora, New Jersey|Marmora]] section of [[Upper Township, New Jersey|Upper Township]] by the 34th Street (Roosevelt Boulevard) Bridge, [[Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey|Egg Harbor Township]] by the Ocean City-Longport Bridge, [[Somers Point, New Jersey|Somers Point]] by the 9th Street Bridge ([[New Jersey Route 52|Route 52]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000052__-.pdf Route 52 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated April 2014. Accessed February 10, 2023.</ref>), and the [[Strathmere, New Jersey|Strathmere]] section of Upper Township by the Corson's Inlet Bridge.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Capemay.pdf Cape May County Highway Map], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed February 12, 2023.</ref>

===Public transportation===
[[File:Ocean City Station.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|Ocean City Transportation Center, a former train station now used as a bus station by [[NJ Transit]]]]
[[NJ Transit]] provides bus service from the [[Ocean City Transportation Center]] to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] on the [[507 (New Jersey bus)|507]] and [[509 (New Jersey bus)|509]] routes. The agency also provides seasonal service from the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] to Cape May via Ocean City and other coastal towns.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=NJ Transit|url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0507.pdf|title=507 Bus Timetable|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815024629/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0507.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=NJ Transit|url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0509.pdf|title=509 Bus Timetable|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815024605/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0509.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=NJ Transit|url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0319.pdf|title=509 Bus Timetable|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824102020/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0319.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The city offers a summer Jitney service, with a route providing daily service on evenings from points between 59th Street and Battersea Road to the boardwalk.<ref>[https://www.ocnj.us/JITNEY Jitney Service] Ocean City, New Jersey. Accessed June 12, 2022.</ref>

Adjacent to the marshes of the Great Egg Harbor Bay is [[Ocean City Municipal Airport (New Jersey)|Ocean City Airport]], officially known as Clarke Field. The airport was built in 1935 on what was previously a landfill, funded by the [[Works Progress Administration]]. The airport, still open to the public, operated at an annual loss of $150,000 for the city as of 2016.<ref>Lowe, Claire. [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/ocean-city-s-airport-still-running-over-years-later/article_5b937398-7c0f-11e6-848c-77a514956422.html "Ocean City's airport still running, over 80 years later"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028052532/https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/ocean-city-s-airport-still-running-over-years-later/article_5b937398-7c0f-11e6-848c-77a514956422.html |date=October 28, 2019 }}, ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', September 18, 2016. Accessed October 28, 2019. "The airport took in $177,887 last year, but the city spent $322,036 operating it, said Frank Donato, city director of finance. Donato said the airport normally operates at a loss of $150,000 per year."</ref>

Parking in the downtown and beach areas of Ocean City is regulated by on-street [[parking meter]]s, metered parking lots, staffed parking lots, and permit parking lots. Parking meters and fees for parking lots are in effect between early May and early October. In addition to public parking, there are also several private parking lots in Ocean City.<ref>[https://www.ocnj.us/parking-53841 Parking], Ocean City. Accessed February 12, 2023.</ref>

===Former transportation lines===
In 1880, one year after Ocean City was established as a Christian resort, regular [[steamboat]] service from Somers Point began.<ref name="hoc">{{cite web|title=History of Ocean City, NJ|publisher=VisitNJShore.com|access-date=March 1, 2018|url=https://www.visitnjshore.com/ocean-city/history/|archive-date=March 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302163943/https://www.visitnjshore.com/ocean-city/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1883, the Lake Brothers opened a [[Tram|streetcar line]].<ref name="when"/> In 1884, the [[West Jersey and Seashore Railroad]] extended its rail line from Sea Isle to the [[Ocean City Tenth Street Station]].<ref name="miller"/> The line was replaced by buses in 1932. From 1906 to 1981, the [[Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines]] operated rail service from [[Tuckahoe, New Jersey|Tuckahoe]] to Ocean City; service stopped when the Crook Horn bridge became damaged in 1981, and was eventually removed in 1992. After that time, rail tracks in Ocean City were removed from 9th to 34th streets.<ref>{{cite web|title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company its Predecessors and Successors and its Historical Context, 1906|date=May 2016|author=Christopher T. Baer|url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1906.pdf|access-date=November 26, 2018|publisher=The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society|archive-date=March 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312132741/http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1906.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="when">{{cite book|title=When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment|url=https://archive.org/details/whenrailroadleav00schw|url-access=registration|pages=[https://archive.org/details/whenrailroadleav00schw/page/193 193–197]|year=2001|isbn=0-943549-97-3|publisher=Truman State University Press}}</ref> From 1907 to 1946, the [[Atlantic City and Shore Railroad]] operated a line from Atlantic City to Ocean City, until the bridge across the Great Egg Harbor Bay burned.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Electric Interurban Railways in America|author=George Woodman Hilton|author2=John Fitzgerald Due|page=307|publisher=Stanford University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2zH-zcuU-MC&pg=PA307|year=1960|isbn=9780804740142|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127160703/https://books.google.com/books?id=J2zH-zcuU-MC&pg=PA307|url-status=live}}</ref>