Harvard shuttle provides safe, convenient transportation throughout the Cambridge and Allston campuses. Its major stops are at Memorial Hall, Pound Hall, Currier House, Mather House, Johnston Gate, the Science Center, JFK and the Business School. Pocket-sized schedules showing routes and times are available around campus at the libraries, the Information Center, on the shuttles, and on the Transportation Services web site. Or, you could visit the Shuttle Time online to find out when the next three shuttles to your destination run. Shuttle Bus rides are free to all members of the Harvard Community, including faculty, staff and students. In addition to full academic year service, there is year-round service operating daily between Soldiers Field Park and Lamont Library, from about 7:30am to 6pm.
Medical Area Shuttle
Transportation between the Cambridge campus and the Medical School at the Longwood Medical Area in Boston is provided by the M2 Shuttle, managed for Harvard by MASCO (632-2800). The Shuttle also provides selected service to MIT, Kenmore Square and Coolidge Corner in Brookline. You must consult a schedule to assure that a given route serves a particular destination.
Harvard medical students and those holding officer and staff ID cards need only show ID to board the bus. All others (including non-med school graduate students and undergraduates) must purchase tickets in advance. The Cash Receipts Desk on the 3rd floor of Holyoke Center (495-2738) sells tickets during normal business hours. With a Harvard student ID, single-ride tickets are $0.70, and a 10-ride pass is $6.50.
The M2 Shuttle departs from Quincy Street by Lamont Library, after a stop at the Johnston Gate on Mass Ave. The route ends at Vanderbilt Hall, on the corner of Avenue Louis Pasteur and Longwood Avenue, at the base of the Medical School main quad, opposite the Countway Medical Library.
The Accessible Van Service is designed for persons who find it difficult or impossible to use the regular shuttle bus. This taxi service operates year round throughout the Cambridge and Allston campuses and is available to all faculty, staff and students who have been authorized in advance by the Student Disability Resource Center or University Disability Coordinator. Rides in the Accessible Van are by appointment only. The service normally operates from 7:45am until 7pm seven days a week with reduced hours during the summer months and recess periods. Please call 495-0400 (TTY 496-6642) for more information on schedules and reservation requirements.
The Evening Van Service operates like a taxi service, transporting faculty, staff and students safely about the campus and supplementing the shuttle bus system. The area it covers goes as far as Beacon Street and Porter Square, but not a block further. This service operates between 7pm and 2:45am, seven days a week throughout the entire year, including summer and break periods. No advance arrangements are needed. For more information, or to request a ride, call 495-0400. The service gets extremely backed up at certain times, especially during inclement weather, so be sure you have alternative arrangements or can afford to wait if necessary. The Medical Area provides a similar service from Vanderbilt Hall. It leaves every half hour after 6pm, seven days a week. This service will call up a taxi to take you within close proximity to the medical school.
