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
Routes 8
Hubs CUIMC 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.

Routes

Active Routes

Routes colored yellow are operated by Luxury Transportation.
The Bakers Field Shuttle uses Columbia Athletics-branded Academy buses.

Route Termini Via Notes
Arbor Shuttle Morningside Heights
Morningside Campus
120th Street at Amsterdam Avenue		 Riverdale
Arbor
235th Street at Henry Hudson Parkway		 Henry Hudson Parkway Operated by Luxury Transportation 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, 12 Av Discontinued in April 2020, reactivated in September 2021.
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.
Bakers Field Shuttle Morningside Heights
Morningside Campus		 Inwood
Bakers Field
W 218 St at Broadway		 Henry Hudson Pkwy

Former Routes

Route Termini Via Notes
Yankee Stadium Commuter Route Washington Heights
CUIMC Campus
167th Street at Broadway		 Yankee Stadium Broadway, 161 Street Discontinued due to extremely low ridership. Replaced by East Manhattan Commuter Route[3]
Hoboken Shuttle Pilot Hoboken
Willow Av at 14 St		 Manhattanville
Amsterdam Av at 125 St		 10th Avenue Discontinued 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, Broadway Discontinued on December 30, 2021[4]
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 Shuttle Broadway, 110th Street, 2nd/3rd Avenues, Canal Street, Manhattan Bridge
Queens-Riverdale Commuter Shuttle Citi Field
Southfield Commuter Lot		 Riverdale
W 238 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.[4]

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.[5][6] 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.[7] In June 2022, the service was changed to operate from 8 pm to 3 am.[8] 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.[9]

Fleet

Active

Intercampus, Lamont, Manhattanville, and Fort Lee Shuttles

Fleet number(s) Photo Year Manufacturer Model Powertrain Garage Notes
2114-2118[10] 200px 2007 Nova Bus LFS TL40102A Hoboken
  • Ex-Rutgers Campus Buses, transferred to Columbia Transportation in 2011
  • 2114 retired in 2019
  • 2118 retired in 2022
  • Used as backup buses and on the Fort Lee and Manhattanville shuttles
2119 2008
  • Ex-Rutgers Campus Buses, transferred to New York University in 2011. Retired in 2017.
  • Reactivated and reassigned to Columbia in April 2021 due to a bus shortage and issues with the XE40 fleet.
  • Stored from May 2021 until September 2021, when it was reactivated to provide extra capacity.
  • In an all-white livery
  • Backup bus
2105, 2110 2006
  • Ex-Rutgers Campus Buses, transferred to New York University in 2011. Retired in 2017.
  • Reactivated and reassigned in January 2022 due to a bus shortage and issues with the XE40 fleet.
  • In an all-white livery
  • Backup bus
2991-2996[10] 200x200px 2018 New Flyer XE40 Xcelsior CHARGE
  • Used on Intercampus Shuttles, Fort Lee Shuttle and Lamont Shuttle
  • Have had many issues, causing older Nova LFS buses to be reactivated at various points in time

Bakers Field Shuttle

Fleet number(s) Photo Year Manufacturer Model Powertrain Garage Notes
6405-6410[11] 200x200px 2013 Van Hool C2045 Cummins ISX-12 Hoboken

Arbor Shuttle

Fleet number(s) Photo Year Manufacturer Model Powertrain Notes
425[10] 200px 2019 Ford/Goshen Coach E-450/Impulse Ford Triton 6.8L V10
424 2019 Ford/? E-450/? Unknown backup bus
243 2018 Ford Transit 350 Ford 3.7L V6

Retired

Fleet number(s) Photo Year Manufacturer Model Powertrain Notes
2101-2104, 2106-2109, 2111-2113 200x200px 2006 Nova Bus LFS TL40102A
  • Ex-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, see above for more
2114 2007
2143 2017
  • Ex-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, Massachusetts in April 2020 with the discontinuance of the Manhattanville Shuttle.
Former Commuter Shuttle buses
6711, 6730, 6784-6795[11] 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.
6838-6852 2020 Cummins X12 Some units used for other Academy services.
1608-1611[11] 2015 MCI J4500 Cummins ISX-12
1618-1620 2020 Cummins X12
3512-3520[11] 2017 Van Hool CX35 Cummins ISL9
1344-1349[11] 2018 Prévost H3-45 Volvo D13 Some units used for other Academy services.
1350-1361, 1363 2019-2020 1361 and 1363 are 2020 units
19040-19046 2019 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

References

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  6. ↑ https://transportation.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/Evening%20Shuttle%20Coverage%20Map%20Morningside_Manhattanville.pdf[bare URL PDF]
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