Columbia Transportation

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Columbia Transportation
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Columbia Transportation #2993 displaying "Commencement" on its destination sign.
Parent Columbia University
Locale Manhattan, The Bronx, Palisades, New York
Service area Upper Manhattan, Riverdale, Fort Lee, Palisades-Lamont
Service type University Shuttle bus
Routes8
HubsCUIMC Campus
166th Street at Broadway
Fleet Fleet
Daily ridership~700 on the Intercampus Shuttle per day
~100 on the Lamont Shuttle per day [1]
Fuel type Diesel and Electric
Operator Academy Bus Lines and Luxury Transportation
Website Official website [2]

Columbia Transportation is a fare-free bus network providing service to Columbia University campuses. It is operated by Academy Bus Lines and Luxury Transportation to serve employees and students. The buses are open to all Columbia faculty, students, Dodge Fitness Center members, and anyone else who holds a Columbia ID card.

Contents

Routes

Active routes

RouteTerminiViaNotes
Arbor Shuttle Morningside Heights
Morningside Campus
120th Street at Amsterdam Avenue
Riverdale
Arbor
235th Street at Henry Hudson Parkway
Henry Hudson Parkway
  • Operated by subcontractors for Columbia Residential using minibuses
  • Serves CUIMC by request
Fort Lee Shuttle Fort Lee, New Jersey
Parker Plaza
Lewis Street at Center Avenue
Washington Heights
CUIMC Campus
169th Street at Broadway
George Washington Bridge
  • Rush hours only
Intercampus Shuttles
(Green, Blue, and Red Lines)
Washington Heights
CUIMC Campus
167th Street at Broadway
Upper West Side
96th Street at Broadway
Broadway, 125th St, St Nicholas Av
(rush hours only)
  • Open to senior citizens, Medicare Card holders, and Access-A-Ride ID card holders, as well as Columbia ID holders
  • Runs via 125th St are rush hours only
  • Limited service to Harlem Hospital
  • Limited service ends at 116th Street, does not continue to 96th Street
Broadway
Intercampus Shuttle
Green Line
Harlem
Harlem Hospital
135th Street at Lenox Avenue
(limited service)
Broadway, St Nicholas Av, 135th St
Manhattanville Shuttle Morningside Heights
Morningside Campus
Manhattanville Loop Broadway, 12th Avenue
  • Discontinued in April 2020, reactivated in September 2021.
Lamont ShuttleMorningside Heights
Morningside Campus
120th Street at Broadway
Palisades
Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
George Washington Bridge, Route 9W
  • Rush hour trips run express
  • One trip in the rush hour direction each morning uses an Academy coach bus.
Bakers Field ShuttleMorningside Heights
Morningside Campus
Inwood
Bakers Field
West 218th St at Broadway
Henry Hudson Pkwy
  • Uses Academy-branded coach buses

[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Former Routes

RouteTerminiViaNotes
Yankee Stadium Commuter RouteWashington Heights
CUIMC Campus
167th Street at Broadway
Yankee Stadium Broadway, 161st StreetDiscontinued due to extremely low ridership. Replaced by East Manhattan Commuter Route [10]
Hoboken Shuttle Pilot Hoboken
Willow Av at 14th St
Manhattanville
Amsterdam Av at 125th St
10th AvenueDiscontinued in June 2021 after the Intercampus Shuttle changed to the summer schedule.
Manhattan Commuter Shuttle Midtown Manhattan
Penn Station
Washington Heights
CUIMC Campus
167th Street at Broadway
8th/9th Avenues, BroadwayDiscontinued on December 30, 2021 [11]
Brooklyn via West Manhattan Commuter Shuttle Downtown Brooklyn
Tillary St at Jay St
Broadway, 8th/9th Avenues, Canal Street, Manhattan Bridge
Brooklyn via East Manhattan Commuter ShuttleBroadway, 110th Street, 2nd/3rd Avenues, Canal Street, Manhattan Bridge
Queens-Riverdale Commuter Shuttle Citi Field
Southfield Commuter Lot
Riverdale
West 238th St at Riverdale Av
Grand Central Pkwy, 125th Street, Broadway

Columbia Commuter Shuttles

In August 2020, Columbia announced that they would start commuter shuttle service in the Fall 2020 semester. These buses would function as express buses, linking areas that do not have direct connections to Columbia to each campus. The contractor for these routes is Academy Bus Lines, using coach buses. The original system included the Yankee Stadium Commuter Route, which functioned essentially as a park and ride route, however this was discontinued due to extremely low ridership. The buses assigned to the Yankee Stadium route were reassigned to the East Manhattan Route. The Queens-Riverdale Commuter Route, however still serves the Southfield Commuter Lot at Citi Field park and ride in Queens. The Commuter Shuttle Service ended on December 30, 2021. [11]

Evening Shuttle

On June 9, 2020, Columbia announced that the Evening Shuttle service, previously provided by the Columbia Public Safety department, would restart with an on-demand service model. Users would order cars from the ridesharing service Via, and provided the rides were within the coverage area, Columbia Transportation would reimburse. [12] [13] This program would operate 7 days a week, from 6 pm to 3 am in the summer, and 4 pm to 3 am in the winter. In January 2022, Service was expanded eastwards, covering much of Central Harlem. [14] In June 2022, the service was changed to operate from 8 pm to 3 am. [15] The service was estimated to have 162,000 riders during the 2021-2022 academic year. On September 1, 2022, the hours were changed again. Rides would operate from 6 to 8 pm, only from street corner to street corner, and past 8 pm on a door-to-door basis, where rides are offered to anywhere in the zone. [16]

Fleet

Active

Intercampus, Lamont, Manhattanville, and Fort Lee Shuttles

Fleet number(s)PhotoYearManufacturerModelPowertrainGarageNotes
2114-2119 [17] LFS 2116.jpg 2007-2008 Nova Bus LFS TL40102A Hoboken
  • Formerly owned by Rutgers Campus Buses, transferred to Columbia Transportation in 2011
  • Various buses retired
  • 2118 retired
  • 2119 Under Academy Colors/Logos
2400 [17] Academy Bus 2400.jpg 2015 New Flyer XD40
  • Backup bus
  • In the silver Academy livery
  • Used on Lamont Shuttle
2991-2996 [17] 2996 on the Lamont Shuttle.jpg 2018 XE40 Xcelsior CHARGE

Bakers Field Shuttle

Fleet number(s)PhotoYearManufacturerModelPowertrainGarageNotes
6405-6410 [18] Academy 6405.jpg 2013 Van Hool C2045 Cummins ISX-12 HobokenCan be used on Fort Lee Shuttle [19]

Arbor Shuttle

The Arbor Shuttle uses various cutaway buses operated by subcontractors for Columbia Residential. [20]

Retired

Fleet number(s)PhotoYearManufacturerModelPowertrainNotes
2101-2113 Columbia University Nova Bus LFS - Flickr - JLaw45.jpg 2006 Nova Bus LFS TL40102A
  • Formerly owned by Rutgers Campus Buses, transferred to Columbia Transportation in 2011
  • Some units used for New York University service
  • Retired in 2018
  • 2105 and 2110 reactivated in 2022, have been re-retired
2114, 21182007
  • Formerly owned by Rutgers Campus Buses, transferred to Columbia Transportation in 2011
  • 2115-2117 still active
21432017
  • Formerly owned by New York University, transferred to Columbia in late 2019 to replace bus #2114.
  • Used on the Manhattanville Shuttle
  • Transferred to Academy’s operations in Boston in April 2020 with the discontinuance of the Manhattanville Shuttle.
Former Commuter Shuttle buses
6711, 6730, 6784-6795 [18] 2015-2018 Van Hool CX45 Cummins ISX-12
  • Former Commuter Shuttle buses, not used in Columbia Commuter services anymore, but still used for Academy services.
  • Can be used on Lamont Shuttle if needed.
6838-68522020 Cummins X12 Some units used for other Academy services.
1608-1611 [18] 2015 MCI J4500 Cummins ISX-12
1618-16202020 Cummins X12
3512-3520 [18] 2017 Van Hool CX35 Cummins ISL9
1344-1349 [18] 2018 Prévost H3-45 Volvo D13Some units used for other Academy services.
1350-1361, 13632019-20201361 and 1363 are 2020 units
19040-190462019 MCI D4500CT Cummins ISX12
  • All owned by New Jersey Transit
  • Used only occasionally as backup buses
  • Normally used on Academy routes in NJ
  • Can be stored at Leonardo garage if needed.
  • Former Commuter Shuttle backup buses, not used in Columbia Commuter services anymore, but still used for Academy routes in New Jersey

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