<p>Hey, I was wondering if anyone had any info on the shortline bus. I'm going to be a freshman and my cousin has a wedding the saturday after orientation week and it's in the city. Seems like the easiest way is this bus ( i don't want to miss the orientation events on friday). Does anyone know where on north campus i can take the bus, and whether or not it's safe and stuff. I think I'm going to have to take the saturday 1am one to get to the city in time. Any experiences/tips welcome.</p>
<p>The shortline bus picks up from collegetown. You might want to try the campus to campus bus which goes from Cornell’s Ithaca campus to Weill-Cornell Medical College in Manhattan (Upper East Side). It only costs about $25 more each way and you get bigger seats with free wifi and snacks. It’s also much more convienent since it picks up and drops off from north campus.</p>
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<p>yeah, i was going to use that one but the times wouldn’t get me to nyc before noon. <a href=“http://www.coachusa.com/shortline/ss.details.asp?action=Lookup&c1=Ithaca&s1=NY&c2=New+York&s2=NY&resultId=1341&order=&dayFilter=Sa&scheduleChoice=&sitePageName=%2Fshortline%2Fss.details.asp&cbid=656811273384[/url]”>http://www.coachusa.com/shortline/ss.details.asp?action=Lookup&c1=Ithaca&s1=NY&c2=New+York&s2=NY&resultId=1341&order=&dayFilter=Sa&scheduleChoice=&sitePageName=%2Fshortline%2Fss.details.asp&cbid=656811273384</a> on the schedule it says north campus, and west campus. Hm…is there any other mode of transportation I could consider?</p>
<p>The shortline picks up from North Campus too, right next to RPCC in that parking lot.</p>
<p>It is normally fairly safe, but I’m not so sure about the 1 am one :</p>
<p>Hey I’m taking the shortline bus too. Do you know where it picks up/drops off in NYC?</p>
<p>Port Authority - 41st Street and 8th Avenue</p>
<p>it’s pretty safe - i’ve had friends who’ve done it at 1AM or 4AM. i’ve ridden on the bus before (albeit only during daytime/early night) and it’s very typical greyhound/shortline/coach/type of bus. you’ll be left alone to your own business.</p>
<p>if you’re on a tight time schedule its probably easiest to just take a car service. faster and more comfortable, and you can do it on your own schedule and go straight to wherever you’re going in the city. theres a few ithacan car services that cornell uses to go to the city, very good service, use late model town cars.</p>
<p>thanks for the info everyone. CB1278, do you possibly know how much the car service is, about what price? Just curious, do you think I would be the only one on the bus at that time?</p>
<p>i think its around $400. i dont know what the shortline would be like in the middle of the night but it sounds kinda sketch.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how many luggages we are allowed to carry per person? Or is there even a limit to that?</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s a limit, but I wouldn’t be taking three suitcases if I were you. </p>
<p>and ROFL @ $400 car service. I’d take my chances with a sketchy $90 shortline.</p>
<p>Hahahaha… the car service is a waste of money. Shortline is fine and since it’s not the beginning of a break there will probably be almost nobody else on the bus… this also means you can pretty much take as much luggage as you want.</p>
<p>holy crap lol, that’s alot. hm… i think i might have to take my chance on the sketchy short line bus haha. thanks though.</p>
<p>the campus to campus bus is less sketchy and is more comfortable </p>
<p>oh it’s also less than $400…</p>
<p>but the shortline should be fine…</p>
<p>You can also take it in front of Collegetown Bagels</p>
<p>well there’s 2 of us and we might have 3-4 luggages in total, is that gonna be ok?</p>
<p>Yeah four bags between two people is fine. Also, I’ve taken Shortline both late at night and very early in the morning and it’s not too sketchy, so don’t worry.</p>
<p>Anyone know where the stop is on west campus. On the schedule it says “Cornell, West Campus, W-D Lot”?</p>
<p>or “Cornell, Theater Arts Ctr” ?</p>
<p>for west campus, i’m pretty sure it’s at the bottom of the slope - where baker flagpole is. for the “theater arts ctr” - that just means it’s in front of the schwartz center/across the street from collegetown bagels.</p>