Rutgers Campus Buses

There are 9 routes on weekdays, 2 routes on weekends, and 1 route on holidays.

Rutgers University Fall 2021 Bus Routes

• A - College Avenue / Busch (Clockwise on Busch)
• B - Livingston / Busch (One bus designated as B/He stops at the Busch-Livingston Health Center)
• C - Busch Commuter Loop
• EE - College Avenue / Douglass–Cook Local via George Street
• F - College Avenue / Douglass–Cook Express via Route 18
• H - College Avenue / Busch (Counterclockwise on Busch)
• LX - College Avenue / Livingston Express
• REXB - Douglass / Busch (Rutgers Express to Busch)
• REXL - Douglass / Livingston (Rutgers Express to Livingston)
• The Knight Mover operates when weekday buses stop running. [18]

• Weekend 1 - College Ave / Busch / Livingston / Douglass–Cook
• Weekend 2 - College Ave / Douglass–Cook / Livingston / Busch

The weekend routes run from Thursday to Friday overnight and every weekend during the Fall and Spring semesters. During the Summer and Spring/Winter Breaks, this route becomes the primary weekday route, and uses the name of the specific break in the destination sign of the bus. For example, during the summer buses will display "Summer 1" or "Summer 2"; for winter break, buses will display "Winter Break 1" or "Winter Break 2", etc. The routes themselves, however, do not change; they are the same as the Weekend 1/Weekend 2 routes.

In Spring 2021, a variation of the weekend routes were introduced. They are essentially an express version of the regular weekend routes, stopping only at the stops served by the color routes on each campus.

In Fall 2021, a modified version of previous Letter Routes with redundant stops eliminated was introduced. Weekend Routes were also based on modified Letter Routes.

Special Break Service

• All Campuses - College Ave / Busch / Livingston / Douglass–Cook (Same as Weekend 1)

All campus service runs on weekends during the Summer and over Spring/Winter Break. It also serves as the primary bus route during holidays (Thanksgiving, Holiday Recess, Memorial Day, Fourth of July).

The majority of these routes ran throughout the late 20th Century as alternative variants or service patterns of the current routes.

• AX - College Avenue Express / ARC Building (Busch). Ran for the 2000-01 school year as a test-run replacement for the A to expedite travel between Busch classes, and College Avenue for commuters. Reverted back to the A the following year.
• CA - College Avenue / Stadium Lot West (Busch). Ran as a shuttle from the Rutgers Stadium parking lot during the 1997-98 school year to help alleviate commuter congestion on College Avenue. Replaced by rerouted A and H buses the next term.
• D - College Avenue / Livingston via Highland Park. Operated as a local version of the former L route, which it was later replaced by circa. 1990.
• E - College Avenue / Douglass–Cook Local via George Street. Former local variant of the EE which originally made less stops via Downtown. Eventually dissolved into the current EE by the mid-1990s.
• G - Busch / Douglass-Cook via Livingston. Service ran until May 2005 when Route 18 reconstruction predicted to slow down service. Eventually reincarnated into the current REXB by the middle of September 2005.
• GG - Livingston / Douglass-Cook via Highland Park. Service ran until May 2005 when Route 18 reconstruction predicted to slow down service. Eventually reincarnated into the current REXL by the middle of September 2005.
• L - College Avenue / Livingston. Originally an express variant of the D, service replaced it by the mid-1990s with the introduction of the LX. Eliminated in 2010 due to low ridership.
• LXc - College Avenue / Livingston via Cedar Lane. Temporary version of the LX for the 2010-11 school year after complaints by students and staff who settled into places within the Highland Park region prior to the late-onset elimination of the L. Did not return after Spring 2011.

Rutgers New Brunswick Color Routes (Fall 2020)

In Fall 2020, 6 color routes were temporarily introduced to help with social distancing on Rutgers buses due to COVID-19. They were modeled off of the regular intercampus routes, but featured less stops. These routes were implemented shortly before the start of the Fall 2020 semester. However, due to low ridership, these routes were scrapped in the beginning of October 2020 and weekend routes were used instead. These routes are:

• Purple (PRL) - College Avenue / Busch
• Blue (BLU) - Livingston / Busch (One bus designated as Blue-He (BLU/H) stops at the Busch-Livingston Health Center)
• Scarlet (SCR) - College Avenue / Douglass via George Street
• Orange (ORG) - College Avenue / Livingston
• Green (GRN) - Douglass / Livingston
• Yellow (YLW) - Douglass / Busch

In early 2021, these routes were planned to replace the letter routes starting in Fall 2021. However, this plan was scrapped in summer 2021, and Letter Routes were brought back for Fall 2021 with slight modifications.[19]

There are 4 routes on weekdays and 1 night service running seven nights a week.

• Campus Connect - Boyden Hall / NJIT / ICPH / Medical School / ECC / Washington Park / Broad St
• Penn Station - Penn Station / Medical School / University Hospital / ICPH / Blumenthal Hall
• Kearny - NJIT / Boyden Hall / Kearny (discontinued after February 26, 2021)[20]
• Penn Station Express - Penn Station / Medical School / University Hospital (7-10am and 3-7pm only)

• Penn Station Midnight Express - Penn Station / Boyden Hall

The Midnight Express operates seven days a week from midnight to 4am between Boyden Hall and Penn Station.

• New BrunsQuick Shuttle 1
• New BrunsQuick Shuttle 2
• RBHS Shuttle

During the Fall & Spring Semesters, the New BrunsQuick shuttles 1 and 2 run on weekdays between College Ave, the New Brunswick Train Station, and select stops in New Brunswick. They run roughly the same route but in opposite directions. The RBHS Shuttle runs between the medical school on Busch campus and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. During Summer and Fall/Spring Breaks, only the New BrunsQuick Shuttle 1 is in operation. All of them still cancelled as of Fall 2021.

• Run run

The "Run run" route is an intracampus shuttle that runs seven days a week (except holidays), and performs a loop around the Newark campus. The bus stops at Boyden Hall, Golden Dome, CLJ (Rutgers Law), 15 Washington, Broad St. Station, and the Physical Plant. During the morning and evening there is an additional stop at Newark Penn Station. Discontinued since Fall 2020.

• Shuttle bus service

During the academic year, the Department of Parking and Transportation Services provides a shuttle bus that travels between the main parking lot (Lot 11) to Third Street in front of Campus Center. After 8 p.m., an additional bus runs from Fifth Street, under the law school bridge.