UGA Campus Transit

The University of Georgia Campus Transit system operates on the campus and vicinity of the University. Campus Transit has an average daily ridership of 39,765. The system also runs two shuttles on football home game days.[2]

Campus Transit
ParentUniversity of Georgia
Founded1966[1]
Headquarters2505 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA
Service areaUniversity of Georgia Campus
Service typeFixed Route
On-demand and subscription paratransit
Charter
Routes11 weekday
2 night
1 weekend
Hubs
  • East Campus Parking Deck/ J.F. Harris Commons/ Performing & Visual Arts Complex
  • Tate Student Center/ Memorial Hall/ Student Learning Center
  • Main Library/ Peabody Hall/ Human Resources
FleetOrion, NABI, New Flyer, and Proterra buses

Ford Transit vans (on low-demand route)

Dodge, Chevrolet & Chrysler paratransit vans
Daily ridership39,765
Fuel typeDiesel, Electric
Campus Transit DirectorTodd Berven (Interim)
Websitewww.tps.uga.edu

All fixed routes are fare-free and open to anyone including students, faculty, staff, and visitors. The service is funded primarily by a transportation fee paid by students each semester.

Unlike the transit systems found in many college towns, Campus Transit is separate from the Athens Transit system serving Athens-Clarke County.

Routes

Weekday Routes[3]
Route Name Identifier Description
Arch Express AX This route carries riders to and from the Athens Transit Multimodal Center, north campus, Ag Hill, and the Tate Center/Memorial Hall area.
Bulldog Housing BH This route carries riders to and from the University Village area, Driftmier Engineering Center, the Student Learning Center, south campus, and east campus.
Central Loop CL This route carries riders to and from the central points of campus with stops at the major hubs of the Main Library, the Tate Student Center/Memorial Hall area, north campus, east campus, and south campus.
East Campus Shuttle EC This route carries riders to and from the Intramural Fields Deck and east campus to Ag Hill, Tate Center/Memorial Hall area, and the Terry College of Business Learning Community.
Greenhouse Shuttle The route services Plant Sciences bus stop for riders needing to get to the UGArden off of Milledge Avenue.
Health Sciences HS This route carries riders from main campus to the Health Sciences Campus.
Milledge Avenue M This route carries riders from the Main Library and Tate Center/Memorial Hall area in north campus to Five Points in south campus and points along Milledge Avenue.
North-South Connector NSC This route carries riders to and from central points of campus with stops at the major hubs of north campus, the Tate Center/Memorial Hall area, and south campus, including Driftmier Engineering Center.
Park & Ride P&R This route carries riders to and from Park & Ride to major hubs on campus. This route services east campus, the Tate Center/Memorial Hall area, Ag Hill, and the Intramural Fields.
Vet Med VM This route services east campus and carries riders to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital off of College Station Road.
West Campus Shuttle W This route carries riders to and from the first-year high-rises and low-rises, the Terry College of Business Learning Community, north campus, and the Tate Center/Memorial Hall area.

Night and Weekend Service
Route

Name

 Identifier Description
Night

Campus

NC This route carries riders to and from all major hubs on main campus. This route services north

campus, first year high-rises, south campus, east campus, and the University Village area,

as well as Downtown Athens.

Prince-

Milledge

 PM This route carries riders from main campus to points on Milledge Avenue and the Health

Sciences Campus. This also includes the Tate Student Center and Downtown Athens.

Weekender WN/WS This route carries riders to and from all major hubs on main campus as well as servicing the

Health Sciences Campus. This route services north campus, first year high-rises, south

campus, east campus, and the University Village area, as well as Downtown Athens and the

Health Sciences Campus via Prince Avenue.

Intersession service

Operates on days when the University is open but classes are not in session. Most weekday routes are run but with only one or two vehicles serving each one.

Fleet

Electric Buses

As of April 2019, UGA has entered into a contract to add up to 19 new electric buses.[4] The 19 buses were put into service on campus in February 2020. In December 2019, as the University of Georgia was awarded $7.46 million under the Federal Transit Administration’s Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program, it was announced that 13 additional electric buses would be added to the fleet, which will bring the total number of electric buses on campus to 33.[5] The electric buses will account for a third of the total fleet in 2021, when UGA begins to phase out and decommission older diesel buses.[6]

References
  1. http://www.transit.uga.edu/facts.html
  2. Hamlin, Ron (November 19, 2007). "2007-2008 Fact Sheet". UGA Campus Transit. University of Georgia. Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  3. "Weekday Bus Routes | Transit | Transportation and Parking Services". tps.uga.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  4. https://sustainability.uga.edu/uga-to-get-19-new-electric-buses/
  5. https://news.uga.edu/uga-buys-13-more-electric-buses/
  6. https://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-to-have-more-electric-buses-than-any-other-university/article_6c8bd774-5250-11ea-986d-771d0cd89ac3.html
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