New York Shuttle Service

If many of your people have to move between the same two places all day, a shuttle is usually the most practical option. It might be a film crew shuttling between a parking lot and a set, or employees parked at an overflow lot a mile from the office.

That’s the work we do with our New York shuttle service. We assign one vehicle to one route and run it back and forth for as long as you need, from one morning to several days in a row.

Where a Shuttle Makes More Sense

Booking a separate vehicle for every person who arrives at a different time means a crowded curb and dozens of confirmations for you to track. Running one shuttle is also easier on anyone who doesn’t know the area, because all they have to find is the boarding point, not a building they’ve never been to.

How We Run the Loop

We start by setting the first and last departure, the boarding points, and the passenger volume expected during the busiest period. From there, we work out how often the shuttle needs to complete the loop. Early starts and late finishes are not a problem because service can operate around the clock.

Where a Recurring Shuttle Works Well

A few routes near the city are especially well suited to this service, whether you’re moving a team or hosting guests:

• Staff arriving by train at Stamford Transportation Center in Connecticut, about 33 miles up the line from Grand Central, are coming into the second-busiest station in the Metro-North system. Some downtown offices sit beyond an easy walk from the platform, and our van covers that last stretch for your employees each morning and evening.
• MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, is about 8 miles west of Midtown, and most events there require a parking pass bought ahead of time. The lots open five hours before an NFL kickoff, so there’s time to get a group there early. For a company outing or a fan club heading to a game, a circuit from your hotel or office means your colleagues or fellow fans don’t each need a separate pass.
• Hosting a bachelor(ette) weekend up the Hudson or in the Hamptons can mean a hotel block miles from the venue, and on the East End, summer Fridays bring heavy eastbound traffic on Route 27. A van running between the hotel and the venue lets your guests come and go throughout the celebration.

Boarding-point choice affects more than walking distance. A shuttle cannot always wait at the curb for an extended period. New York City generally limits vehicle idling to three minutes, with a shorter limit near schools, so the pickup point and boarding time need to be realistic. New Jersey and Connecticut both cap idling at three minutes. Outside New York City, state law allows heavy-duty vehicles five.

Our Vans and SUVs for Shuttle Routes

On a loop like this, quick boarding and tight turns matter more than anything else, and that’s how we decide which vehicle to send:

• Your busiest routes get our Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, which seats more people per trip than our SUVs, so fewer of them are left waiting for the next departure. Its sliding side door also lets everyone board quickly, which means a line doesn’t build up at the curb while it waits.
• For lighter routes, such as a few speakers moving between their rooms and the hall hosting your conference, our Chevrolet Suburban is the practical choice. It fits into tight driveways and narrow side streets where a larger vehicle would have to stop out on the main road, so your passengers step out closer to the door.
• The newlyweds’ parents, or anyone else who could use extra room and privacy, can have our Cadillac Escalade running alongside the Sprinter. That way they have a private cabin instead of a seat in the Sprinter with everyone else.

What to Tell Us for an Accurate Quote

We don’t need a detailed itinerary to give you a quote, just a handful of numbers. Tell us which points you need connected, when you’d like the first and last departures, and roughly how many people you expect during the busiest hour. Arrivals that land together, for example at a shift change or during a hotel checkout rush, are worth flagging so we know where extra trips will help. The same goes for anyone heading back later in the day.

It’s also useful to know who on site can answer the chauffeur’s questions that day, and whether any venue has loading rules. Trips that cross into another state need full street addresses for both ends.

Keeping the Route Easy for Your Guests: Our Shuttle Service in New York

The people on board may never know who arranged their shuttle, but they’ll remember whether getting there was easy. For many of them, the vehicle pulling up outside is the first thing they see of the day you’ve prepared. After more than seven years in business, our team at Driven Limo sees our shuttle service in New York as part of the welcome you’re giving them, and we treat every run with that in mind, including the slow midday ones when just a couple of passengers are aboard.

Our Google reviews are a straightforward way to see how we treat the people in our care: “Ali and the entire team at Driven Limo always go above and beyond. They have been incredible to work with and are extremely accommodating. I am so grateful to have them as partners for the executives at my company!!!” (M. OConnor)

Give us a call at (800) 220-5557, email info@drivenlimo.com, or complete our online form, and we’ll put the route together with you.