Editing Cranford, New Jersey (section)

== Transportation ==
[[File:Cranford NJ street and stores and train station.jpg|thumb|right|The Cranford station is to the lower right and offers commuter service to Newark and elsewhere.]]
[[File:2021-06-05 12 09 30 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) from the overpass for Union County Route 615 (Centennial Avenue) in Cranford Township, Union County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|View north along the [[Garden State Parkway]] in Cranford]]

=== Roads and highways ===
{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|78.60|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|67.25|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|7.77|mi}} by Union County, {{convert|1.72|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|1.86|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Union.pdf Union County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

The major roadways in the township are the [[Garden State Parkway]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000444__-.pdf#page=50 Garden State Parkway Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], August 2014. Accessed February 6, 2023.</ref> and [[New Jersey Route 28|Route 28]] (North Avenue).<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000028__-.pdf#page=8 Route 28 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2017. Accessed February 6, 2023.</ref> The parkway runs along the eastern border of the township, connecting [[Clark, New Jersey|Clark]] in the south to [[Kenilworth, New Jersey|Kenilworth]] in the north. The Parkway is accessible at interchange 136 to [[County Route 607 (Union County, New Jersey)|County Route 607]] for [[Linden, New Jersey|Linden]] / [[Roselle, New Jersey|Roselle]] / [[Winfield Township, New Jersey|Winfield Park]] and at interchange 137 for Route 28, which runs east–west through the center of the township. Interchange 136 is known as the "four corners", where Clark, Winfield, Cranford and Linden meet.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/our-roadways.html Travel Resources: Interchanges, Service Areas & Commuter Lots], [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]]. Accessed October 15, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Union.pdf Union County Highway Map], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed February 6, 2023.</ref>

Cranford's [[Pace Car Program]] aims to make the township's roads safer roads by encouraging drivers to pledge to "drive within the posted speed limit", "stop at all stop signs", "stop at all red traffic lights", and "yield to pedestrians in crosswalks".<ref>[https://www.nj.com/suburbannews/2008/09/police_dept_launches_pace_car.html "Police Dept. launches Pace Car Program"], ''Suburban News'', September 18, 2008. Accessed August 26, 2022. "In conjunction with the start of the 2008–2009 school year, the Cranford Police Department is re-launching their Pace Car Program. The Pace Car Program is a citizen based traffic calming program which supplements the department's Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 initiative. The goal of the Pace Car Program is to create safer Cranford streets by encouraging residents to proactively promote driver responsibility and roadway safety through an educational and awareness campaign."</ref>

=== Public transportation ===
[[File:Robert Ferro, author.jpg|thumb|Novelist [[Robert Ferro]] of the [[The Violet Quill|Violet Quill]], who attended [[Cranford High School]]]]
[[File:DeanMathey.jpg|thumb|Cranford tennis player [[Dean Mathey]], namesake of Mathey College at [[Princeton University]]]]
[[File:MaxMarstonGolfer.jpg|thumb|Cranford golf champion [[Max Marston]]]]
[[File:John Moody (financial analyst) 1903.jpg|thumb|Cranford resident [[John Moody (financial analyst)|John Moody]] founded [[Moody's Investors Service]]]]
[[File:James Walter Thompson portrait 1868.jpg|thumb|American advertising pioneer [[James Walter Thompson|J. Walter Thompson]] moved to Cranford in 1892.]]

==== Rail ====
The [[Cranford station]]<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/station/cranford-station Cranford station], [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed February 6, 2023.</ref> offers train service to [[Newark Penn Station]] in about 20 minutes, and to [[New York Penn Station]] in about 49 minutes in total. The [[World Trade Center station (PATH)|World Trade Center station]] on [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]] can likewise be reached from Cranford in under 50 minutes (42 minutes on 6:52&nbsp;am express).<ref>[https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/rail/2022/07/240040/rarv.pdf Raritan Valley Line schedule], [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed February 6, 2023.</ref>

Cranford Station also offers transit to other points east, along with Raritan, High Bridge and numerous points west on the [[NJ Transit]] [[Raritan Valley Line]], formerly the mainline of the [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=RARV Raritan Valley Line] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015103641/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=RARV |date=October 15, 2013 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 15, 2014.</ref> Via Newark Penn Station, Secaucus Junction and NYC Penn Station, connections are possible to most other NJ Transit rail lines, PATH trains, [[AirTrain Newark]] to [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], Amtrak regional / long-distance trains and the [[Long Island Rail Road]].

==== Bus ====
An express bus route (the 113x) offers nonstop weekday travel from the north side of the Cranford Station, and other Cranford points on North Avenue, to [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in midtown Manhattan in about 40 minutes.<ref>[https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/bus_schedules/T0113.pdf Route 113 Bus Schedule], [[NJ Transit]], issued January 14, 2023. Accessed February 6, 2023.</ref> The private bus service Boxcar provides direct commuter bus routes to midtown Manhattan in about 40 minutes.<ref>[https://www.boxcar.com/bus-route-regions/commute-from-nj New Jersey Bus Routes], Boxcar. Accessed February 6, 2023.</ref>

NJ Transit also provides bus service on the [[112 (New Jersey bus)|112]] and [[113 (New Jersey bus)|113]] routes between Cranford and the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[New York City]] and on the [[59 (New Jersey bus)|59]] and [[66 (New Jersey bus)|66]] to [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]. The [[56 (New Jersey bus)|56]], [[57 (New Jersey bus)|57]] and [[58 (New Jersey bus)|58]] routes provide local service.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100726183431/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesUnionCountyTo Union County Bus/Rail Connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of July 26, 2010. Accessed January 22, 2012.</ref>

==== Air ====
[[Newark Liberty International Airport]] is approximately 13 minutes away in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] / [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]]. [[Linden Airport]], a [[general aviation]] facility, is in nearby [[Linden, New Jersey|Linden]].

==== Freight ====
The southern section of the township is bisected by [[Conrail]]'s freight-only [[Lehigh Line (Conrail)|Lehigh Line]] (jointly owned by [[CSX]] and [[Norfolk Southern]]) along the tracks of the former [[Lehigh Valley Railroad]]. The former [[Staten Island Railway]] connects with the Raritan Valley Line in Cranford, reaching the island via the [[Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge]]. That line has been rehabilitated and since 2007 between Port Newark and Howland Hook and transports containers from the [[Howland Hook Marine Terminal]], an [[intermodal freight transport]] service known as [[ExpressRail]].<ref>[http://www.panynj.gov/port/express-rail.html The Port Authority ExpressRail System], [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]. Accessed August 29, 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.envisionfreight.com/issues/pdf/Task_6_Case_Study_SIRR.pdf |title=Case Study: Staten Island Railroad |access-date=June 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235408/http://www.envisionfreight.com/issues/pdf/Task_6_Case_Study_SIRR.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>