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Mission
Columbia Transportation provides an efficient, timely and safe means for faculty, staff, and students to travel between the Morningside, Lamont, Manhattanville, Medical Center, and Harlem Hospital campuses.
Services
Columbia Shuttles
Columbia University provides a network of shuttle buses throughout the Morningside campus, Lamont, Studebaker, the Medical Center, and Harlem Hospital. Shuttle service is available to all Columbia University affiliates with a valid University ID, free of charge. Shuttle services between the Medical Center, Fort Lee and the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal are also available, but limited to authorized Columbia personnel and students for approved University use.
Car Service
A car service is available to Columbia personnel for approved business use.
Bus and Van Rentals
Bus and van rentals can be obtained through the Columbia Transportation office.
Accessibility
During the day, the Intercampus Shuttle provides wheelchair-accessible transportation to all Manhattan campuses via two fully ADA-compliant buses.
The Evening Shuttle route is serviced exclusively by ADA-compliant Public Safety buses.
News
*NEW* TransLoc Transit Visualization
: Get real-time shuttle location and arrival information from any computer or smart phone using TransLoc. Track the Columbia buses in real-time at columbia.transloc.com or download the free TransLoc Transit Visualization app to access information while on the go, including real-time location of all buses and announcements of potential service disruptions.
Morningside Heights Evening Shuttle Bus Service will be introduced for Columbia University community members early in the Fall 2011 term. This shuttle service, which replaces point-to-point vehicular escorts, operates seven days a week from 6:00pm every evening until 4:00am the following morning and utilizes two shuttle buses traveling on different routes, in thirty minute loops across the Morningside and Manhattanville areas.
- The Evening Shuttle service is now serving Fairway Market using stop #6 on their red route.
Effective September 6, 2011, the Intercampus Shuttle will begin its academic year schedule.
Partnership with Academy Bus: Columbia Transportation is excited to announce its partnership with Academy Bus to provide its campus shuttle services. The Intercampus shuttle route will be serviced by both Columbia University-branded buses and Academy coach buses, while Lamont, GWB and Ft. Lee routes will be serviced exclusively by Academy Bus.
NJ TRANSIT Partnership Program : Columbia University and NJ TRANSIT have partnered to offer full-time undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to purchase a bus, rail, or light rail monthly pass at 25% off the regular monthly pass price.
