University of Missouri Shuttle
Columbia Transit provides free shuttle service to University of Missouri students and employees. Buses serve off-campus apartment complexes throughout Columbia and a network of commuter parking lots adjacent to the campus. Most routes are free; however, routes serving off-campus housing complexes collect fares and also serve non-student residents living there. Funding for the shuttle system is collected by parking and residential fees charged to students needing the service. Nearly all routes serving students terminate at Brady Commons, the student union at the university. Operation times vary from route to route, and some offer late-night service. Routes for this system operate from the fall semester through the spring semester, and do not operate during the summer months. The University Shuttle System accounts for approximately half of Columbia Transit's annual ridership. The routes serving the University community vary from year to year, in order to meet the changing needs of on- and off-campus student housing.
- 201N: Hearnes Center to Brady Commons
- 202E: Brady Commons to Trowbridge Parking/AV14
- 202W: Trowbridge Parking/AV14 to Brady Commons
- 201S: Brady Commons to Hearnes Center (operates 6am–6pm Monday-Friday)
- 203N: Reactor Park to 6th and Stewart Road via Maryland Avenue
- 203S: 6th and Stewart Road to Reactor Park via Providence Road
- 204: Spirit Special (during home football games)
- 205E: Brady Commons to Bearfield Road via Trowbridge/AV14, via Old Highway 63
- 205W: Bearfield Road to Brady Commons via Old Highway 63
- 206E: Brady Commons to Carter Lane/Campus View
- 206W: Carter Lane/Campus View to Brady Commons (operates 6 pm-1:30 am Monday-Friday, 6 pm-midnight Saturday, noon-1:30 am Sunday)
- 207E: Brady Commons to Bearfield Road via Old Highway 63
- 207W: Bearfield Road to Brady Commons via Old Highway 63
- 208E: Brady Commons to Buttonwood Lane via Carter Lane
- 208W: Buttonwood Lane to Brady Commons via Carter Lane (operates 6:40 am–5:40 pm Monday-Friday and runs every 10 minutes; Buses switch routes at Brady Commons.)
- 209: Cottages of Columbia Shuttle (operates 7 am-6 pm Monday-Friday; runs every 30 minutes)
Routes 205-209 are subsidized by housing complexes. In August 2006, the Reserve and Campus Lodge Apartments agreed to pay Columbia Transit an estimated $30,000 per year for bus service along Old 63 as the 207/208 Gold Route. As part of the agreement Columbia Transit could collect its standard fare along the route, but riders from the Reserve and Campus Lodge would be exempt from payment. The route began with service every hour until 6 pm. In August 2007, with its growing popularity, Columbia Transit began service every half-hour until 6 pm. In 2008, the University of Missouri agreed to help subsidize shuttle service after it added a housing option at Campus Lodge. Service began in August from 6 pm-1:30 am. The University housing option increased ridership along the route, and caused Columbia Transit to increase bus service again along the Gold Route. For the 2009 Fall Semester, both 207 and 208 ran every 10 minutes throughout the day. Route 209 is Columbia Transit's newest route. It began under similar terms as the Campus Lodge/Reserve agreement; however, it uses smaller converted paratransit buses.
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