Columbia Transportation#Commuter Shuttles

{{Infobox Bus transit

| name =Columbia Transportation

| logo =Columbia Transportation Logo.jpg

| logo_size =250px

|image=Columbia 2993.jpg

|image_caption=Columbia Transportation #2993 displaying "Commencement" on its destination sign.

| parent = Columbia University

| headquarters =

| locale=Manhattan, The Bronx, Palisades, New York

|service_area=Upper Manhattan, Riverdale, Fort Lee, Palisades-Lamont

|service_type=University Shuttle bus

| alliance =

|routes=8

| destinations =

| stops =

| hubs =CUIMC Campus
166th Street at Broadway

| stations =

| lounge =

|fleet=Fleet

|ridership=~700 on the Intercampus Shuttle per day
~100 on the Lamont Shuttle per day{{Cite web|date=2017-12-13|title=Academy Bus orders 6 New Flyer electric buses for Columbia University|url=https://www.greencarcongress.com/2017/12/20171213-academy.html|access-date=October 1, 2020|website=Green Car Congress}}

| fuel_type = Diesel and Electric

| operator = Academy Bus Lines and Luxury Transportation

| ceo =

| website = {{official website|https://transportation.columbia.edu}}{{Cite web|title=Columbia Transportation|url=https://transportation.columbia.edu/|access-date=2020-12-25|website=transportation.columbia.edu}}

}}

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.

Routes

=Active routes=

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!Route

! colspan="2" |Termini

!Via

!Notes

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| 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

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|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

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| rowspan="2" |Intercampus Shuttles
(Green, Blue, and Red Lines)

| rowspan="2" | Washington Heights
CUIMC Campus
167th Street at Broadway

| rowspan="3" |Upper West Side
96th Street at Broadway

|Broadway, 125th St, St Nicholas Av
(rush hours only)

| rowspan="3" |

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

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|Broadway

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|Intercampus Shuttle
Green Line

|Harlem
Harlem Hospital
135th Street at Lenox Avenue
(limited service)

|Broadway, St Nicholas Av, 135th St

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|Manhattanville Shuttle

|Morningside Heights
Morningside Campus

|Manhattanville Loop

|Broadway, 12th Av

Discontinued in April 2020, reactivated in September 2021.

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|Lamont Shuttle

|Morningside 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.

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|Bakers Field Shuttle

|Morningside Heights
Morningside Campus

|Inwood
Bakers Field
West 218th St at Broadway

|Henry Hudson Pkwy

Uses Academy-branded coach buses

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= Former Routes =

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!Route

! colspan="2" |Termini

!Via

!Notes

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|Yankee Stadium Commuter Route

|Washington Heights
CUIMC Campus
167th Street at Broadway

|Yankee Stadium

|Broadway, 161st Street

|Discontinued due to extremely low ridership. Replaced by East Manhattan Commuter Route{{Cite web|date=2020-10-05|title=Commuter Shuttle Updates: Students Now Eligible and New Manhattan East Side Route|url=https://transportation.columbia.edu/news/commuter-shuttle-updates-students-now-eligible-and-new-manhattan-east-side-route|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227140357/https://transportation.columbia.edu/news/commuter-shuttle-updates-students-now-eligible-and-new-manhattan-east-side-route |archive-date=December 27, 2020 |access-date=|website=}}

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|Hoboken Shuttle Pilot

|Hoboken
Willow Av at 14th St

|Manhattanville
Amsterdam Av at 125th St

|10th Avenue

|Discontinued in June 2021 after the Intercampus Shuttle changed to the summer schedule.

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|Manhattan Commuter Shuttle

|Midtown Manhattan
Penn Station

| rowspan="3" |Washington Heights
CUIMC Campus
167th Street at Broadway

|8th/9th Avenues, Broadway

| rowspan="4" |Discontinued on December 30, 2021{{Cite web|title=Commuter Shuttles|url=https://transportation.columbia.edu/content/commuter-shuttles|access-date=2021-12-01|website=transportation.columbia.edu}}

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|Brooklyn via West Manhattan Commuter Shuttle

| rowspan="2" |Downtown Brooklyn
Tillary St at Jay St

|Broadway, 8th/9th Avenues, Canal Street, Manhattan Bridge

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|Brooklyn via East Manhattan Commuter Shuttle

|Broadway, 110th Street, 2nd/3rd Avenues, Canal Street, Manhattan Bridge

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|Queens-Riverdale Commuter Shuttle

|Citi Field
Southfield Commuter Lot

|Riverdale
West 238th St at Riverdale Av

|Grand Central Pkwy, 125th Street, Broadway

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|Morningside Loop

| colspan="2" |Morningside Heights
Morningside Campus Loop

|120th St, Amsterdam Av, 113th St, Broadway

Temporary shuttle established on May 4, 2024 during the closure of Columbia campus due to the pro-Palestinian campus occupation.{{cite web |url=https://transportation.columbia.edu/news/temporary-morningside-loop-shuttle-bus-effect-saturday-may-4 |title=Temporary Morningside Loop Shuttle Bus in Effect Saturday May 4 |website=transportation.columbia.edu |access-date=2024-05-04 |url-access=limited}}{{cite web |url=https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/morningside-campus-access-updates |title=Morningside Campus Access Updates |website=publicsafety.columbia.edu |access-date=2024-05-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504203322/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/morningside-campus-access-updates |archive-date=2024-05-04}}
This route was operated in-house by Columbia Transportation and Columbia Public Safety, not by Academy.
The shuttle was discontinued on May 7, 2024{{cite web |url=https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/morningside-campus-access-updates |title=Morningside Campus Access Updates |website=publicsafety.columbia.edu |access-date=2024-05-08 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240508072345/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/morningside-campus-access-updates |archive-date=2024-05-08}}

= 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.

= 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.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-09|title=Columbia Partners with Via to Provide On-Demand Evening Shuttle Service|url=https://transportation.columbia.edu/news/columbia-partners-provide-demand-evening-shuttle-service|access-date=2022-02-10|website=transportation.columbia.edu}}{{cite web |url=https://transportation.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/Evening%20Shuttle%20Coverage%20Map%20Morningside_Manhattanville.pdf |title=On-Demand Evening Shuttle Coverage Map |website=transportation.columbia.edu}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-05|title=Evening Shuttle (Via) Coverage Area Expanded to Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.|url=https://transportation.columbia.edu/news/evening-shuttle-coverage-area-expanded-adam-clayton-powell-blvd|access-date=2022-02-10|website=transportation.columbia.edu}} In June 2022, the service was changed to operate from 8 pm to 3 am.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-16 |title=Evening Shuttle (Via) Start Time Moves to 8 P.M. Beginning June 21 |url=https://transportation.columbia.edu/news/evening-shuttle-start-time-moves-8-pm-beginning-june-21 |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=transportation.columbia.edu}} The service was estimated to have 162,000 riders during the 2021-2022 academic year. On {{Date|9/1/2022|MDY}}, 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.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-31 |title=Evening Shuttle (Via) Start Time Moves to 6 P.M. Beginning Sept. 1 |url=https://transportation.columbia.edu/news/evening-shuttle-start-time-moves-6-pm-beginning-sept-1 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=transportation.columbia.edu}}

Fleet

=Active=

==Intercampus, Lamont, Manhattanville, and Fort Lee Shuttles==

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!Fleet number(s)

!Photo

!Year

!Manufacturer

!Model

!Garage

!Notes

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|2114-2119{{Cite web|title=Columbia University - CPTDB Wiki|url=https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Columbia_University|access-date=October 1, 2020|website=cptdb.ca}}

|128px

|2007-2008

|Nova Bus

|LFS TL40102A

| rowspan="3" |Hoboken

Formerly owned by Rutgers Campus Buses, transferred to Columbia Transportation in 2011
Various buses retired
2118 retired

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|2400

|File:Academy Bus 2400.jpg

|2015

| rowspan="2" |New Flyer

|XD40

Used on Lamont Shuttle

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|2991-2996

|File:2996 on the Lamont Shuttle.jpg

|2018

|XE40 Xcelsior CHARGE

== Baker Field Shuttle ==

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!Fleet number(s)

!Photo

!Year

!Manufacturer

!Model

!Garage

!Notes

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|6405-6410{{Cite web|title=Academy Bus Lines - CPTDB Wiki|url=https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Academy_Bus_Lines|access-date=October 1, 2020|website=cptdb.ca}}

|200x200px

|2013

|Van Hool

|C2045

|Hoboken

|Can be used on Fort Lee Shuttle{{Cite web |date=2022-09-06 |title=Columbia Transportation Fort Lee Shuttle |url=https://www.traipsingthrutransit.com/route-reviews/columbia-transportation-fort-lee-shuttle |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Traipsing Through Transit |language=en-US}}

==Arbor Shuttle==

The Arbor Shuttle uses various cutaway buses operated by subcontractors for Columbia Residential.{{Citation |last=MTATransitFan |title=English: Columbia Facilities Arbor Shuttle Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus #425 |date=2020-07-06 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arbor_Shuttle_bus_425.jpg |access-date=2023-04-28}}

= Retired =

class="wikitable"

!Fleet number(s)

!Photo

!Year

!Manufacturer

!Model

! colspan="2" |Notes

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|2101-2113

|200x200px

|2006

| rowspan="3" |Nova Bus

| rowspan="3" |LFS TL40102A

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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

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|2114, 2118

|2007

| colspan="2" |

Formerly owned by Rutgers Campus Buses, transferred to Columbia Transportation in 2011
2115-2117 still active

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|2143

|2017

| colspan="2" |

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.

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| colspan="7" |Former Commuter Shuttle buses

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|6711, 6730, 6784-6795

|2015-2018

| rowspan="2" |Van Hool

| rowspan="2" |CX45

| rowspan="7" |

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.

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|6838-6852

|2020

|Some units used for other Academy services.

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|1608-1611

|2015

| rowspan="2" |MCI

| rowspan="2" |J4500

| rowspan="2" |

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|1618-1620