Columbia University

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

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 subcontractors for Columbia Residential using minibuses Serves CUIMC by request
Fort Lee Shuttle	Fort Lee 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	Uses Academy-branded coach buses

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
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
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
Morningside Loop	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. This route was operated in-house by Columbia Transportation and Columbia Public Safety, not by Academy. The shuttle was discontinued on May 7, 2024

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. 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. In June 2022, the service was changed to operate from 8 pm to 3 am. The service was estimated to have 162,000 riders during the 2021-2022 academic year. On Template:Date, 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.

Fleet

Active

Intercampus, Manhattanville, Lamont, and Fort Lee Shuttles

Note: sometimes, Academy coach buses, including but not limited to the ones listed below, are used on the Lamont Shuttle as backup buses.

Fleet number(s)	Photo	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Powertrain	Garage	Notes
2115-2118		2007	Nova Bus	LFS TL40102A	Cummins ISL ZF 6HP554C	Hoboken	Ex-Rutgers Campus Buses, transferred to Columbia Transportation in 2011 2114 transferred to University of Miami in 2019 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
2400		2015	New Flyer	XD40	Cummins ISL9 Allison B400R		Backup bus, used on Lamont and Fort Lee Shuttles In the silver Academy livery
2991-2996		2018	New Flyer	XE40 Xcelsior CHARGE	Siemens ELFA2		Used on Intercampus Shuttles, Fort Lee Shuttle and Lamont Shuttle Have had various issues, causing older Nova LFS buses to be reactivated. 2991 out of service for repairs as of April 2024, replaced by 2400 and older Novas.
17156		2017	MCI	D4500CT	Cummins ISX12	Westhampton	Operating as a backup bus on the Lamont Shuttle as of April 2024, supplementing XE40s and older Novas.

Bakers Field Shuttle

Fleet number(s)	Photo	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Powertrain	Garage	Notes
6405-6410		2013-2014	Van Hool	C2045		Hoboken

Arbor Shuttle

The Arbor Shuttle uses various minibuses operated by subcontractors for Columbia Housing.

Retired

Fleet number(s)	Photo	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Powertrain	Notes
2101-2113		2006	Nova Bus	LFS TL40102A	Cummins ISL ZF 6HP554C	*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, have been re-retired
2143		2017	Nova Bus	LFS TL40102A	Cummins L9	*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 When the Manhattanville Shuttle was reactivated in September 2021, it mainly used bus #2105.
Former Commuter Shuttle buses
6711, 6730, 6784-6795		2015-2018	Van Hool	CX45	Cummins ISX-12/Daimler/Detroit Diesel DD13		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.
6838-6851		2020			Cummins X12 Allison B500 Gen V	Some units used for other Academy services.
1608-1611		2015	MCI	J4500	Cummins ISX-12
1618-1620		2020			Cummins X12
3512-3520]]		2017	Van Hool	CX35	Cummins ISL9 Allison B500
1344-1349		2017-2018	Prévost	H3-45	Volvo D13	Some units used for other Academy services.
1351-1361, 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 New Jersey Can be stored at Leonardo garage if needed.

Morningside Loop Shuttle

This route is operated in-house by Columbia Transportation and Columbia Public Safety, not by Academy.

Fleet number(s)	Photo	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Powertrain	Garage	Notes
?		?	Ford ?	E-350 ?			This bus is operated in-house by Columbia Transportation and Columbia Public Safety, not by Academy. The route no longer operates as of May 7, 2024, and the status of this bus is unclear