THE Village of Lynbrook, an older suburb with a venerable rail link to Brooklyn that lured early commuters, has aged gracefully, like an old shoe of high quality.

But as industries left the Paris region, offices entered and the city itself lured more and more commuters to come by car by building more and more underground parking space.

The Metrocard has done such a good job of luring commuters to city buses that rider advocates and union officials say an old demon has returned in force: "bus bunching."

The city also hopes to lure commuters with ferry service to Manhattan from the City Pier, which was refurbished five years ago with $2.7 million in federal funds.

Now, the emphasis will be on luring intrastate commuters, particularly to Stamford, "the biggest destination outside of Grand Central Station," Mr. Harris said.

Yet Federal tax policy now hampers official efforts to lure commuters out of cars and into mass transit.

Another reason the newly settled companies in the Princeton area have trouble luring commuters into the area is that good, unemployed help is already scarce in New Jersey.

WHILE doughnuts and coffee will not be served aboard, a state senator has a plan to lure commuters out of their cars and onto Shore Line East trains.

Operating clubs in the city as well as the suburbs, the chains hope to lure commuters by offering a choice of exercise in either spot.

Opponents argue that the one-way avenues would lure more commuters to drive through Bay Ridge than if the streets were kept two-way.