services to colleges
CDTA can be the first stop to higher education. CDTA has partnered with area colleges and universities to provide students, faculty and staff with comprehensive transportation services. Each college has its own unique transportation arrangement tailored to their needs. Our fixed route and shuttle buses offer convenient service to colleges throughout the Capital Region. If you do not see your school listed here then check out the trip planner to find the best route to your school.
Colleges with Universal Access
The following colleges have universal access via the use of thier school id. Students can now use all CDTA bus routes with the exception of STAR and NX services. Just swipe your ID through the farebox and you are on your way.
Follow the links below to see details of CDTA service for the particular school
Colleges with CDTA Service
The following colleges have CDTA service on or nearby thier campuses but must pay to ride the bus.
Follow the links below to see details of CDTA service for the particular school
Students and faculty can now use all CDTA bus routes with the exception of STAR and NX services. Just swipe your ID through the farebox and you are on your way.
Routes servicing Rensselaer
- Route 286 - RPI Shuttle
- Route 87 - Sycaway/Beman Park
- Route 289 - Griswold Heights
- Route 90 - Troy-Latham-Crossgates
The University at Albany (UAlbany) services operate along Washington and Western Avenue, linking the main campus, the downtown campus, Shopping malls and a number of other primary attractions and points of interest. Students and faculty can now use all CDTA bus routes with the exception of STAR and NX services. Just swipe your ID through the farebox and you are on your way.
Routes servicing SUNY Albany
- Fall 2011 Bus Information (includes end of Semester break )
- Route 11 - UAlbany Shuttle
- Route 12 - Washington Avenue
- Route 10 - Western Avenue (stops on Western Ave. in front of the campus)
- Route 63 - Albany Schenectady
- Route 90 - Troy-Latham-Crossgates
- Route 611: Flex Service - Crossgates Mall to Twenty Mall
Students and faculty can now use all CDTA bus routes with the exception of STAR and NX services. Just swipe your ID through the farebox and you are on your way.
Routes servicing Saint Rose
- Route 10 - Western Avenue Downtown Albany, Stuyvesant Plaza, Crossgates
- Route 11 - UAlbany Shuttle UAlbany (Library Stop)
- Route 12 - Washington Avenue Downtown Albany, UAlbany (Collins Circle Stop), Crossgates
- Route 63 - Route Twenty, Downtown Albany, Madison Ave, Downtown Schenectady
Students can now use all CDTA bus routes and the NX Express service with the exception of STAR service. Just swipe your ID through the farebox and you are on your way.
Routes servicing Skidmore
- Route 472 - Lake Avenue
- Route 473 - Jefferson Street
- Route 870 - County Shuttle (Wednesday Only)
- Route 540 - NX Express
Routes servicing HVCC
Routes servicing Sage (Troy Campus)
- Route 22 - Albany - Troy - Watervliet
- Route 35x - Troy - Albany 787 Express
- Route 70 - Troy - Schenectady
- Route 80 - Troy - Fifth Avenue
- Route 82 - Troy - Cohoes - Green Island
- Route 85 - Waterford - Troy
- Route 87 - Beman Park
- Route 90 - Troy - Latham - Crossgates
- Route 224 - Albany - Troy - Rensselaer
- Route 286 - RPI Shuttle
- Route 289 - Griswold Heights
Routes servicing Sage (Albany Campus)
Routes servicing Siena
Routes servicing Union
- Route 351 - Van Vranken Avenue and Broadway
- Route 354 - Rotterdam Square Mall and Nott Street
- Route 70 - Troy - Schenectady
Routes servicing Schenectady County Community College (SCCC)
- Route 50
- Route 355 - Albany - Schenectady via Route 5
- Route 63 - Albany - Schenectady
- Route 70 - Troy - Schenectady
- Route 351 - Van Vranken Avenue and Broadway
- Route 353 - Scotia and Mt. Pleasant
- Route 354 - Rotterdam Square Mall and Nott Street
- Route 905 - BusPlus
