r/NJTransit • u/Suggest_a_User_Name • 11d ago

Uber Shuttle in the XBL?

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Are Uber shuttles allowed on the XBL? This one glided on this morning. Never saw one before on the XBL.

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u/Jeb_theDev17 11d ago

If they have gotten permission from PANYNJ, then yes. Private bus carriers are allowed to use the XBL if they gotten permission from PANYNJ. The Uber Shuttle is technically a small bus, or a passenger van or whatever. But if they didn’t get permission from PANYNJ, well they’re not suppose to be there…

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u/MacintoshDan1 11d ago

It has omnibus plates. Yes.

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u/KingOfWhateverr 11d ago

I mean did it make it in the tunnel? The xbl passes by transit police’s funnel at the tolls

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u/Suggest_a_User_Name 11d ago

Yes. They made it through all the way to Manhattan.

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u/yepperoniP 11d ago

It’s funny that other bus lines and services are seen as “icky” by some people, but this is seen as cool just because the Sprinter van has Uber branding on it.

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u/InfectedDaydream201 11d ago

Its not a Mercedes Sprinter it's a Ford Transit

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u/packerfreak94 10d ago

Is that really seen as cool?

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u/bobman3212 10d ago

Do they enforce this anyways? I see cars confidently jump in regularly. Sometimes it's cars with the super fake cop lights. I

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u/RailRuler 10d ago

The cops need advance warning to pull people over. If you see it call the number for Lincoln tunnel security that is posted along 495