East Hill Shuttle Service Guide and Map

TCAT service from campus to East Hill Plaza

Commuter & Parking Services
116 Maple Ave.
Ithaca, NY 14850
TEL: 607 255-PARK
FAX: 607 255-0257
transportation@cornell.edu

The East Hill Shuttle--operating as a pilot program since last fall--connects the central campus with Cornell's East Hill Plaza and Pine Tree Road facilities. The service has proven to be extremely popular with employees, and the positive feedback received through a recent customer satisfaction survey has convinced Transportation Services of the benefit of continuing its operation.

On January 2, 2008, service adjustments made in response to the survey will take effect. By making a few alterations to the shuttle route, it is possible to add the most frequently requested stops, while maintaining the 10 minute loop that has made the service so popular.

In order to make these changes, the direction of the loop around central campus will be reversed, and the least-popular stop, Statler Hall, will be eliminated. When travelling north, the shuttle will stop at Teagle Hall instead of  Barton Hall, and at the bus stop across from Uris Hall on Tower Road instead of directly in front of the building. Other service changes include:

• the addition of two new flag stops (riders flag the driver from the stop or request to be dropped at this stop when boarding)--one at the corner of Hoy and Campus Roads, the other at the corner of Garden Avenue and Tower Road.
• the addition of a shuttle stop at the southeast corner of East Hill Plaza (near the Best Western driveway) and a flag stop at 391 Pine Tree Road (bus shelter).
• service to the engineering quad with a shuttle stop at the Phillips, Upson, Duffield Hall parking lot (southbound), and a flag stop at the parking garage on Hoy Road (northbound).
• identifying all stops with special "East Hill Shuttle" signs.

An updated East Hill Shuttle service guide and map can be found here.

The hours of operation will remain the same, with the first shuttle leaving the Uris Hall stop at 7:40 a.m., and the East Hill Office Building (circle drive) at 7:50 a.m.; the last shuttle of the day will leave from the East Hill Office Building at 5:10 p.m. There is no charge for the East Hill Shuttle, but passengers are required to show their faculty or staff CU ID card.

The idea of incorporating service between upper Tower Road and the East Hill/Pine Tree Road facilities was examined in response to requests we received on the survey. It was determined that adding that area of campus to the existing shuttle service would make the loop 20 minutes in length--the least-tolerated time frame on the survey--and would overlap the abundant, existing TCAT service.

A comprehensive schedule of TCAT routes is available here. This schedule is meant to assist this constituency in travelling between these areas of campus. The schedule will be posted on the Commuter and Parking Services web site. Visit TCAT's site for complete route and schedule information. There is no fee for Cornell faculty and staff when they use their CU ID when riding between Cornell facilities.