Shuttle Services
Bearcats Transportation System
The Bearcat Transportation System provides free shuttle service for UC students, faculty and staff with 16 shuttles covering 13 routes.
The shuttle routes operate at various times during the academic terms and connect UC's Uptown Campus with the nearby neighborhood, Blue Ash Campus and Victory Parkway Campus.
- Shuttles DO NOT OPERATE on academic term breaks, on official UC holidays, or Winter Season Days (except where noted) or when hazardous driving conditions exist. Please check TRANSLOC for up-to-date announcements.
- All schedules are subject to change.
Announcements:
Starting Tuesday January 17th hours will change on the following routes:
· North 6am-10:30pm
· North Express 7am-9pm
· Ludlow 8am-8pm
This should better serve the needs of the increasing number of graduate students taking night classes.
Shuttle tracker is moving! Starting 1/3/23 the shuttle tracker is moving to TRANSLOC this move will provide additional tracking and reporting capabilities along with more dependable tracking technology.
Innovation District Route will be replacing the Main/1819 route with a dedicated shuttle running between main campus and the two Innovation District stops. This new route will start 1.3.23 operating Monday through Friday, 7:00am-10:00pm, with 3 stops.
CP Cincy was recently created and runs both Fall and Spring semesters. It runs Monday through Sunday, 7:00am-10:00pm, with 7 stops.
Shuttle Services
22/23 Spring Shuttle Hours
Monday-Friday
- Campus Express 7am-10pm
- Main/Eden 7am-9:30pm
- Innovation District 7am-10pm
- North 8am-8pm
- North Express 6am-10:30pm
- Ludlow 7am-9pm
- CCM 8am-10:30pm
- Southwest 7am-10pm
- East 7am-9pm
- Blue Ash 1 shuttle 7:15am-7pm M-Th
- Blue Ash 2 shuttle 7:15am-10pm M-Th
- Blue Ash 3 shuttle 8:15am-5pm M-Th
- Blue Ash 1 shuttle 7:15am-5pm Friday
- Blue Ash 2 shuttle 7:15am-5pm Friday
- Blue Ash 3 shuttle 8:15am-5pm Friday
Saturday-Sunday
- Housing Weekend 10am-10pm
Monday-Sunday
- NightRide Shuttle 8:00pm-2:00am
- CP Cincy7am-10pm
23' Spring Shuttle Schedule:
- January 3-8 Campus Wide 7am-6pm & Innovation District 7am-10pm
- January 5-6 Campus Wide/CCM & North only 7am-6pm Innovation District 7am-10pm
- January 7 Housing Weekend and Nightride Service starts
- January 9 All shuttle service resumes
- January 16 MLK Day (UC Closed- Housing Weekend only)
- March 13-19 Spring Break Main St/CX/CCM/North/CP Cincy/Housing only 7am-6pm
(CCM and North Alternate)
Innovation District 7am-10pm
- April 22-27 Spring Semester Exams
Semester Break
- April 29-May 8th ID/CX/CCM/North only 7am-6pm
23' Summer Shuttle Hours
- May 9-August 6 Monday-Friday
- Innovation District 7am-10pm
- Campus Express 7am-9pm
- CCM 7am-7pm
ROUTE MAPS
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- If the University of Cincinnati closes due to severe weather, etc., shuttles will continue to operate for one hour after the official university closing time, provided the roads are safe and passable.
- However, some routes may stop operating even when the university remains open, if road conditions are unsafe. Please follow the Shuttles Live for the most up-to-date travel information concerning route operations and estimated times.
It is best to check with the driver when you reboard the shuttle to see if your lost item(s) were found. If not, please contact Public Safety (Clifton Campus) at 513-556-4925 or (Blue Ash Campus) at 513-745-5707.
Shuttle Services
- Consider Metro - the regional public transportation system in Hamilton County and southwest Ohio. Click here to see their routes and timetables.
- Consider CTC - the Clermont Transportation Connection is the primary public transportation provider for Clermont County, Ohio. Click here to read about their services.
- Consider TANK - the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky serves Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in Kentucky, and downtown Cincinnati. Click here to read about their services.
Metro bus routes serve UC Blue Ash and UC Reading Campuses. For Metro bus schedules, please call Metro at 513-632-7528 or visit Metro online.
UC Clermont Campus Metro has a few routes serving portions of Clermont County, however Metro routes do not extend to Clermont College. Contact the Clermont Transportation Connection, the primary public transportation provider in Clermont County to find out about their services.
Fun Facts
Number of miles driven per year
- 2020 - 171,154=6.87 times around the world
- 2019 - 365,498=14.67 times around the world
- 2018 - 431,710=17.33 times around the world
- 2017 - 432,924=17.38 times around the world
Shuttles began in 2004 with 6 shuttles operating
- 2020 - 16 shuttles operating, total passengers: 96,044
- 2019 - 17 shuttles operating, total passengers: 600,744
- 2018 - 19 shuttles operating, total passengers: 854,298
- 2017 - 18 shuttles operating, total passengers: 845,467