About 600,000 older adults stop driving each year, according to the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. That can make it harder for aging or ill loved ones to make doctor’s appointments, shop for necessities, visit family or attend social events. The worksheet below provides all the transportation options each Middlesex County municipality provides to its active adult communities.
To see what is available in your community, find your community on the list (alphabetical order) and click on the green + button. The municipality contact info, services provided, website will be listed.
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Municipality
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Contact Info
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Website
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Services Offered
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| Carteret, Office of Aging | 732-802-3014 | http://www.carteret.net/office-on-aging | Shuttles for Meals on Wheels. Weekly Shop Rite Trip (Seasonal). Welfare calls made 2 a month to registered seniors. |
| Dunellen | 732-968-3033 x 4 | http://www.dunellen-nj.gov/index.php | Transportation to Doctor Appointments / Food. Wednesday Food Delivery Service. Welfare calls made Weekly |
| East Brunswick | 732-390-6896 | https://www.eastbrunswick.org/ | Transportation locally 2 times per week. Meals on Wheels. Transportation to Ambulatory residents for doctor visits. Welfare Calls made to registered members. |
| Edison | 732-248-7345 | https://www.edisonnj.org/ | Shuttle for medical appts. Dial A Ride available for banking, pharmacy, haircuts and food shopping. Home delivery of meals twice a week. Home delivery of frozen food twice a week, which covers 1 meal a day for 3-4 days. No welfare calls. |
| Highland Park | 732-819-0052 | https://www.hpboro.com/ | Limtited Shuttle runs to New Brunswick runs and one on one basis for medical appts/ food shopping. Mon – Fri 8:30 – 1: 30. Food delivery available.. Welfare calls made on a daily basis and mass calls periodically made thru MYSENIOR CENTER to provide updates on services. |
| Metuchen | 732-632-8525 | http://www.metuchennj.org/metnj/ | Not Shuttles or Transportation Trips available. Daily Wellness Checks |
| Middlesex | 732-356-0414 | https://www.middlesexboro-nj.gov/ | Shopping/errands once a week. Limited medical appts. 4 days a week. Plan to continue, but re-evaluate as pandemic surges. Home delivered meals and welfare calls to registered seniors. |
| Monroe | 609-443-0511 | https://www.monroetwp.com/ | Shuttles for medical appts, once a week to Stop & Shop and Walmart. Plan on continuing. Food delivery and daily welfare calls to registered seniors. |
| New Brunswick | 732-745-5100 | https://www.cityofnewbrunswick.org/ | Center and Tran closed /suspended. Dialysis only John, Coordinator and Driver |
| North Brunswick | 732-418-2222 | https://www.northbrunswicknj.gov/ | Lyft services and daily wellness calls offered to registered seniors |
| Old Bridge | 732-721-5600 | http://www.oldbridge.com/ | |
| Perth Amboy | 732-826-1690 | https://www.perthamboynj.org/government/departments/human_services/office_on_aging#:~:text=Perth%20Amboy%20Senior%20Services&text=Call%20today%20to%20sign%2Dup,4307. | Transportation to medical appointments, ShopRite on Tuesdays, Dialysis on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Senior Center daily. Food delivery to seniors with covid and Meals from the County to registered seniors. |
| Piscataway | 732-743-2218 | https://www.piscatawaynj.org/departments/dept_on_aging/senior_center/transportation.php | Transprtation to medical appointments, grocery shopping and the senior center. Must call 24 hrs. in advance. There is a fee for certain medical transportation. Membership is required. |
| Plainsboro | 609-452-5144 | http://www.plainsboronj.com/323/Office-on-Aging | Senior Meals and Food Pantry. Transporation provided via MCAT or RideProvide. Ride Provide is a $40 membership fee + cost of each ride. Plainsboro hospital covers cost of transporatoin for lab test appointment at the facilities to seniors only. |
| Sayreville | 732-390-7058 | http://www.sayreville.com/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=87&TPID=8775 | Mon, Wed, Fri, transporting 9 passengers per trip for food and medical, No longer food delivery by police. Deliveries of bagged food to Lakeview. Food bank is open twice a month by appointment only. Senior center is open by appointment only. |
| South Amboy | 732-525-5965 | http://www.southamboynj.gov/page/senior-citizen | Shuttle service is running for medical appts . and food shopping 3 times a week. No food or pharmacy deliveries at this time. Their staff does welfare calls to their seniors. |
| South Brunswick | 732-329-4000 option 6 | https://www.southbrunswicknj.gov/senior-transportation | Shuttle service for medical appointments and grocery. You must be registered with the senior center to use this service. Bus passes are required all riders and each trip is $.50. Advance registration is required. Meals on Wheels is operating and the transportation department is providing seniors with service to pharmacies. The office on aging is providing health and wellness checks. Drive by meals for members of the senior center. |
| South Plainfield | 908-754-1047 | http://www.southplainfieldnj.com/spnj/Senior%20Center/Services/ | Transportation to medical appointments, physical therapy, banking, hairdresser. Weekly grocery shopping on Wednesday or Thursday morning at 9:00 AM. Transportation throughout South Plainfield and surround towns of Edison, Plainfield, North Plainfield, Piscataway, Dunellen, Fanwood, and Scotch Plains. 48 hour to one week advance notice needed. Meels on Wheels to registered seniors. |
| South River | 732-257-2340 | http://southrivernj.org/OOA_main.html | Shuttle service for medical appointments and related errands (pharmacy, radiology, lab work). Service to the Food Bank on Wednesdays between the hours of 10am-12pm, round-trip transportation or call ahead pre-packaged items delivered. Pre-paid grocery pick-up and delivery from any local supermarket (where delivery services are unavailable due to high-demand). Senior Center is open by appointment only, closed on Wednesdays. |
| Spotswood | 732-251-3432 | https://www.spotswoodboro.com/office-on-aging | Shuttle Service for medical by appointment only to township residents. Welare checks, socially distant visits, as well as grocery delivery by OEM available. |
| Woodbridge | 732-726-2394 | https://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/572/Senior-Transportation-Services | Transportation available for local medical appointments, shopping, Senior Centers, Woodbridge Community Center, and main library. Residents must register and show proof of address. Wellness checks are available. |
| Middlesex County Area Transportation (MCAT) | 1-800-221-3520 | http://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Government/Departments/IM/Pages/MCAT/Middlesex%20County%20Area%20Transit%20(MCAT).aspx | Middlesex County shuttles for medical transportation. You must register to begin using these services. $3.00 per ride. Advance reservation necessary. |
| Ryde4Life | 866-208-1307 x 4 | https://ezride.org/transportation/senior-transportation/ | On demand transportation services throughout New Jersey. EZRide coordinates rides for seniors with Lyft and Uber. Advanced registration is required and there is a $2.50 administrative fee per ride in addition to the cost of the ride. No cell phone necessary to use this service. |