24 hour towing at Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ: bus lanes, the PATH and the Route 139 cut

Commuter cars that sat all day in the lots off Magnolia Avenue and Pavonia Avenue and will not start, keys shut in a car after the last train, and cars trapped when the lot gate closes. Say which lot and which entrance. The truck comes in from Pavonia or Magnolia, not through the bus loop.

The two north-south spines, with bus stops, double-parked delivery vans and shops open late. A car that dies at the light at Sip and Kennedy blocks a bus lane, so those calls go first. Give the cross street and which curb you are against; the truck approaches from the side street and loads from the traffic side.

Newark Avenue, Summit Avenue, Hoboken Avenue and the blocks west toward Tonnelle Avenue and the Route 139 ramps. Tight parking, a lot of older commuter cars and a lot of cold-morning no-starts. A jump is the first try; the tow is quoted on the spot if the battery is done.

Route 139 runs below Journal Square in a trench with no shoulder before it climbs toward the Holland Tunnel. If the car still moves, get to the Summit Avenue exit or the next ramp. If it does not, stay behind the barrier and tell dispatch which direction and which level you are on.