Editing Edison, New Jersey (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===

====Roads and highways====
Edison is a [[transport hub]], with an extensive network of highways passing through the township and connecting to major Northeast cities, New York City, [[Boston]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] and [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/middlesex.pdf Middlesex County Road Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322085717/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/middlesex.pdf |date=March 22, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref> Edison is located about {{Convert|25|mi}} from [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], a 30 to 45 minute drive.

{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|307.05|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|257.31|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|29.78|mi}} by Middlesex County and {{convert|14.75|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|5.21|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Middlesex.pdf Middlesex County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210143955/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Middlesex.pdf |date=February 10, 2015 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 24, 2014.</ref>

State highways include [[New Jersey Route 27|Route 27]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000027__-.pdf#page=7 Route 27 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205740/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000027__-.pdf#page=7 |date=March 3, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated March 2018. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> and [[New Jersey Route 440|440]],<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000440__-.pdf Route 440 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202807/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000440__-.pdf |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2016. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> both of which are state-maintained. [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 1]] also passes through the township.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000001__-.pdf#page=10 U.S. Route 1 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101230/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000001__-.pdf#page=10 |date=December 24, 2017 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2018. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> [[Interstate 287]] passes through Edison, where it houses its southern end at I-95.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000287__-.pdf Interstate 287 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202808/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000287__-.pdf |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2017. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> The municipality also houses about a {{convert|5|mi|km|adj=on}} section of the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]).<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000095__-.pdf#page=20 Interstate 95 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228124507/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000095__-.pdf#page=20 |date=December 28, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2017. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> Exit 10 is located in Edison, featuring a 13-lane toll gate and a unique interchange design.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/enlarged_view_42.pdf Enlarged View 42 (Edison Township, Middlesex County)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202753/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/enlarged_view_42.pdf |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2019. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> When the "dual-dual" setup of the turnpike was created, it first started in Edison and continued north to Exit 14 in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]. It wasn't until 1973 that the "dual-dual" was extended south of 10 to Exit 9 in [[East Brunswick, New Jersey|East Brunswick Township]] (and then extended further south in 1990 to Exit 8A in [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]]).

Since [[Interstate 287]] connects to [[Interstate 87 (New York)|Interstate 87]] (the [[New York State Thruway]]), Exit 10 (of the turnpike) is one of the busiest interchanges to be used by tractor-trailers as it connects the New Jersey Turnpike to the New York Thruway. For truck drivers, it is the only direct limited-access road connection they have from the Turnpike to the Thruway as the [[Garden State Parkway]], which has its northern terminus at the Thruway, prohibits trucks from using the roadway north of Exit 105.

In 2009, the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] selected Edison as one of the first communities to have a [[red light camera]] enforcement system. The program was ended by the state in December 2014, despite a more than 30% drop in accidents at the three camera-controlled intersections in the township.<ref>D'Amico, Jessica. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034207/http://em.gmnews.com/news/2015-01-15/Front_Page/States_redlight_camera_program_comes_to_a_stop.html "State's red-light camera program comes to a stop"], ''Edison/Metuchen Sentinel'', January 15, 2015, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 4, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2017. "In Edison, cameras were located at three intersections, all along Route 1 — at Plainfield Avenue, Prince Street and Wooding Avenue. According to information from the township dating back to 2013, the cameras brought about a 32 percent reduction in accidents at the three intersections. Rightangle collisions fell by 71 percent and rear-end accidents decreased by 17 percent, according to the data."</ref>

====Public transportation====
[[File:Edison station - October 2019.jpg|thumb|right|275px|[[Edison station]]]]
[[Edison station]], located in South Edison, is served by [[NJ Transit]] northbound trains to [[Newark Penn Station]] and [[New York Penn Station]], and southbound to the [[Trenton Transit Center]] via the [[Northeast Corridor Line]], with connecting service to [[Amtrak]], and [[SEPTA]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38 Edison station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812225443/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38 |date=August 12, 2012 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=NEC Northeast Corridor Line Edison station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712073924/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=NEC |date=July 12, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref> Some passengers in North Edison are closer to, and may prefer to use, the [[Metropark station]] (near neighboring [[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin]] in [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]]) or [[Metuchen station]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=84 Metuchen station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017150337/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=84 |date=October 17, 2013 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=83 Metropark station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017145933/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=83 |date=October 17, 2013 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref>

NJ Transit bus service is provided on the [[48 (New Jersey bus)|48]] route to [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]], with local service available on the [[801 (New Jersey bus)|801]], [[804 (New Jersey bus)|804]], [[805 (New Jersey bus)|805]], [[810 (New Jersey bus)|810]], [[813 (New Jersey bus)|813]], [[814 (New Jersey bus)|814]], and [[819 (New Jersey bus)|819]] routes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212321/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesMiddlesexCountyTo Middlesex County Bus/Rail Connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed January 25, 2012.</ref>

The Taiwanese airline [[China Airlines]] provides private bus service to [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] from the [[Kam Man Food]] location in Edison to feed its flight to [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]].<ref>[https://www.china-airlines.com/us/en/fly/at-the-airport/Airport-Shuttle Airport Shuttle Bus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306022345/https://www.china-airlines.com/us/en/fly/at-the-airport/Airport-Shuttle |date=March 6, 2016 }}, [[China Airlines]], September 15, 2015. Accessed September 17, 2017.</ref>

===Healthcare===
[[File:Jfk-medical-center-edison-17.jpg|thumb|right|275px|[[JFK Medical Center (Edison, New Jersey)|JFK Medical Center]]]]
[[JFK Medical Center (Edison, New Jersey)|JFK Medical Center]], located on James Street off Parsonage Road is a 498-bed hospital founded in 1967.<ref>[https://www.jfkmc.org/about-us/about-jfk About JFK Medical Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522124942/https://jfkmc.org/about-us/about-jfk |date=May 22, 2019 }}, JFK Medical Center. Accessed September 17, 2017. "Founded in 1967, JFK Medical Center is a non-profit 498-bed community hospital, serving residents of Middlesex, Union and Somerset counties in Central New Jersey. With more than 900 affiliated physicians, JFK offers services including general and specialized surgery, cardiac care, maternity and pediatric care, and emergency medicine."</ref>

[[Roosevelt Hospital (Edison, New Jersey)|Roosevelt Care Center]] is a long term/sub-acute care facility located just east of Roosevelt Park. The facility was original constructed in 1936 under the auspices of the [[Work Projects Administration]].<ref>[http://www.rooseveltcarecenter.com/edison.html Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407043302/http://www.rooseveltcarecenter.com/edison.html |date=April 7, 2023 }}, Roosevelt Care Center Edison. Accessed March 24, 2015.</ref>

Edison is served by the Raritan Valley Regional EMS. The squad consists of three sub-squads, Edison First Aid Squad #1 (established in 1935), Edison First Aid Squad #2 (since 1936) and Clara Barton First Aid Squad (since 1951). The three squads merged in 2009 to better provide residents of Edison with more comprehensive care. RVREMS receives support from paramedics out of JFK Medical Center. The squad consists of approximately 50 volunteer EMTs.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/a/edisonems.org/rvr-ems/about-us?authuser=0 About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405180340/https://sites.google.com/a/edisonems.org/rvr-ems/about-us?authuser=0 |date=April 5, 2023 }}, Raritan Valley Regional EMS. Accessed September 19, 2021.</ref>

===Telecommunications===
Edison is served by [[area codes 732 and 848]] and [[area code 908|908]]. Area Code 848 is an overlay area code that was created so that a split was not needed.

Edison has five Verizon Central offices serving the Township:

* Central Office Rahway (Switch ID: RHWYNJRADS5) (Area Code 732): Serving from Wood Avenue North to Roxy Avenue on the west side of the Street inward to New Dover Road.
* Central Office Plainfield (Switch ID: PLFDNJPFDS5) (Area Code 908): Serving Roxy Avenue heading north into South Plainfield on both sides of Inman Avenue.
* Central Office Metuchen (Switch ID: MTCHNJMTDS5) (Area Code 732): Serving Edison, Metuchen and Iselin (Technically Iselin Numbers that have 732–283 and 732–404 are routed out of the Woodbridge Office Switch ID: WDBRNJWDDS5).
* Central Office Edison (Switch ID: EDSNNJEDDS5): Serving South Edison with phone numbers that come up as "New Brunswick" – 732–339, 732–393, 732–572, 732–777, 732–819, 732–985, and Exchanges for "Metuchen" that are 732–248, 732–287, 732–650.
* Central Office Fords (Switch ID: FRDSNJFRDS5): Serving Eastern Edison area and Raritan Center areas with 732–225, 732–346, 732–417, 732–512 and Perth Amboy Exchanges 732–661, 732–738.

In 1982, the BPU and New Jersey Bell, after receiving thousands of complaints from both North and South Edison residents, made an exception that any calls originating and terminating in the Township would be considered a local call. This was due to the new home construction in Edison where existing cables that belonged to the Rahway central office were assigned to give new phone service to over 400 homes.

In 1997, mandatory [[ten-digit dialing]] came to Edison with the introduction of [[Area codes 732 and 848|Area code 732]]. Edison residents living on Roxy Avenue once again were in the spotlight in the news, with one side of the street served by the Rahway central office (Area code 732) and the other side of the street is served by the Plainfield central office (Area Code 908). Residents complained to the BPU and Bell Atlantic that it would be easier to yell across the street than dial a ten-digit number to call their neighbor across the street.

Edison has Cablevision's Optimum cable television service. Before Cablevision, there was TKR, which was so poorly run that many FCC and BPU complaints about programming and many town hall meetings eventually forced change. TKR was bought out by Cablevision.