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Quick StatsBest Ways to Get Around Town
- City buses
- Taxi
- Your friend's car
- Your own car
How to Get to the Airport
- A taxi is the best way to get to the airport; a cab ride to the airport costs less than $15.
- Clark’s Student Council Van brings you right to the Boston Logan Airport during Winter Holiday and Spring Break Vacation for $15.
College Prowler Take
Travel around Clark is as easy as walking around the block, since pretty much everything you might need is actually within a few minutes walk from school. However, there will be times when you need to go to the mall, the movies, downtown, or another school, and walking will just not cut it. For anything close to Clark, the Student Escort van handles trips rather efficiently. The Consortium Shuttle will take you to many other schools in Worcester for free during the day. Farther than that, and you will need to use public transportation to get around the town. The Consortium Shuttle also takes students to the Worcester Art Museum, the Worcester Public Library, and even the Union Train Station. Also, on Fridays and Saturdays the Woo Bus takes students to Shrewsbury Street and other places around Worcester for free. Lastly, the Student Council van takes students to malls and movie theaters on Friday and Saturdays for free, as well. The city buses are a great resource, and freshmen should familiarize themselves with the routes and times as soon as possible. Worcester and the surrounding towns can be easily navigated, so long as you make the effort and have the time to spend waiting for the bus. If Boston is your destination, the commuter rail (Amtrak) connects the two cities directly and can be gotten to easily with a short bus ride. For all points west, you could take the Greyhound bus. In the end, however, the option that will save you the most time and effort in traveling to all of these places is having your own car. The bus schedule begins to thin out toward the evenings, and it can sometimes take hours to pick you up from distant locations. Cabs can be expensive by yourself, and they can become a sketchy ordeal. And, finally, all the public transportation takes much more time per trip than with a car. Students Speak Out
Love your school more than free food? Hate your school more than term papers?
Somewhere in between? Show the world what YOU think of YOUR school:
ClaCM says: Clark University 2013 Social Sciences  |
Worcester has a public bus system...
Worcester has a public bus system that is useful for getting around to many popular sites. The problem is that is has become more expensive to use and not all routes run regularly! So, plan accordingly.
Transportation: February 21, 2009
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ClaPG says: Clark University 2015 Philosophy and Religion |
I'm spoiled with Boston's MBTA....
I'm spoiled with Boston's MBTA. Worcester has a bus system but not many buses, so they run infrequently. I would never go into Worcester anyway, so I don't use the buses. They're there if you need to get to the train station, though.
Transportation: February 21, 2009
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ClaST says: Clark University 2015 Biological and Biomedical Sciences |
It's very good. There's a public...
It's very good. There's a public city bus stop very close to campus. Also, cabs come really fast.
Transportation: February 18, 2009
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awu says: Clark University 2016 Other |
There is a bus that takes you to...
There is a bus that takes you to Boston every other week that's free and run by the student counsel. And when I say bus, I mean a big, yellow school bus.
Transportation: February 11, 2009
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Anonymous says: |
It’s not so convenient. There are...
It’s not so convenient. There are buses, but they aren’t regular, and they aren’t comfortable. |
On-Campus Transportation
www.cowc.org/shuttle - The Consortium Shuttle helps you get to other campuses in the Worcester area and to a few other local spots. You can pick up the shuttle outside of Atwood Hall on Downing Street. It leaves every hour on the 26th minute, with the first shuttle leaving at 7:26 a.m. and the last shuttle picking up at 6:26 p.m.
The escort service uses up to three vans, and provides members of the Clark community with escort services from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. during the academic year within a quarter mile of campus. Student Escort Service (508) 793-7777 Daily 4 p.m.-4 a.m.
Public Transportation
Pick up bus schedules from the University Center’s information desk. Worcester Regional Transit Authority (RTA) (508) 791-WRTA (9782) (508) 421-8796 (508) 421-8799 www.therta.com
Amtrak
Worcester Amtrak Train Station Worcester Union Station, 2 Washington Sq., Worcester (800) 872-7245 www.amtrak.com
Airport
The Worcester Regional Airport is less than five miles, and approximately nine minutes, from Clark University.
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