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Transportation Grades:
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Best Ways to Get Around Town
- Ithaca Carshare
- Drive
- The Tompkins TCAT
- Walk
How to Get to the Airport
- Car
- Ithaca Limousine
- Taxi
- Cabs Serving Ithaca Airport Ithaca Airline Limousine (800) 273-9197 or (607) 273-3030
College Prowler Take
Most students say that transportation in and around Ithaca is very convenient, although schedules take some time to get used to. The TCAT bus system provides shuttle services between central and other parts of campus, as well as to downtown Ithaca, the mall, and Wegman’s grocery store. Bus passes are free for first-year and transfer students, but even paying for a bus pass is relatively affordable.
Cornell is a large campus, and for those who don’t want to walk a lot, buses are much easier than cars for getting to and from class. Transportation out of Ithaca is relatively simple, and those wishing to travel by bus may do so through Greyhound, Shortline, or Swarthout Coaches—these lines will pick students up right on campus. Unfortunately, Ithaca’s airport is very small, so if you need to fly to a remote domestic location, you’ll have to travel an extra hour to Syracuse Regional Airport.
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CorTO says: Cornell University 2014 Math and Statistics  |
Public transportation is good...
Public transportation is good enough. We have buses that go to the mall and around campus that run at convenient times.
Transportation: February 23, 2009
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CorMM says: Cornell University 2014 Social Sciences |
The T-Cat bus system is a very...
The T-Cat bus system is a very convenient way of getting around the Ithaca area. First-year and transfer students get free fare, and all other students ride free on weeknights and during the weekend.
Transportation: February 22, 2009
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Anonymous says: |
Public transportation is efficient...
Public transportation is efficient and convenient, especially if you’re a freshman isolated from central campus on north. Buses stop in Collegetown during late-night weekend hours to escort stranded freshmen back home. |
Anonymous says: |
Transportation is okay. I am very...
Transportation is okay. I am very glad I have friends with cars on campus because it is much more convenient to get around town. |
Anonymous says: |
There is a regular bus schedule...
There is a regular bus schedule and taxi service that is easily accessible to students. They keep pretty regular hours, but you must really know which bus is going where. It’s complicated, but understandable. |
On-Campus Transportation
Tompkins TCAT
(607) 277-RIDE
CU Transit Charters
(607) 277-RIDE
Ithaca Carshare is a nonprofit that works to support carsharing on campus. For more information vist: www.ithacacarshare.org
Ithaca Carshare
(607) 277-3210
VanSolutions
(607) 277-RIDE
Public Transportation
New York Trailways
(800) 295-5555
181 Ellicott St. Buffalo
Short Line Bus Co.
(607) 277-8800
710 W. State St. Ithaca
Swarthout Coaches & Tours
(607) 257-2277
115 Graham Rd. Ithaca
Taxi Cabs
Blue Light Cab Company
207 5th St. - Ithaca
(607) 277-CABS
Cayuga Taxi
207 5th St. - Ithaca
(607) 277-TAXI
Ithaca Airline Limousine
615 Five Mile Dr. - Ithaca
(800) 273-9197
(607) 273-3030
Ithaca Dispatch, Inc.
207 5th St. - Ithaca
(607) 277-8294
Right Limousine
6011 Stilwell Rd. Trumansburg
(800) 647-5466
(607) 387-5320
Greyhound
Greyhound Bus Lines
710 W. State St. Ithaca
(607) 272-7930 or (607) 231-2222
Airport
Located three miles northeast of Ithaca just off of NYS Route 13 on Brown Road. Cornell is just a 10-minute drive from the airport.
Located an hour out of Ithaca and serves a variety of domestic locations.
Car Rentals
Affordable Used Car Rentals
(607) 272-9242
350 Pine Tree Rd. - Ithaca
Avis Ithaca Airport (Ithaca)
(607) 257-0441
(800) 831-2847
Avis Rent A Car
(607) 257-0441
1 Culligan Dr. (Downtown)
Enterprise Rent A Car
(607) 275-9000
(800) 325-8007
328 N. Meadow St. - Ithaca
Ford
(607) 272-8000
504 S. Meadow St. - Ithaca
Hertz Ithaca Airport (Ithaca)
(607) 257-8677
(800) 654-3131
Hertz Rent A Car
(607) 257-0019
(800) 654-3131
740 S. Meadow St. (Downtown)
National Car Rental
(607) 272-2575
(800) 227-7368
435 W State St. - Ithaca
Rent-A-Wreck
(607) 272-5533
(800) 723-9732
312 Forth St. - Ithaca
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