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CAMBUS System Map
Main Campus Routes
Routes serving main campus destinations including the Pentacrest area and residence halls. These routes are especially helpful for students living in the residence halls. The campus community will find main campus routes helpful for traveling longer distances from one section of campus to another.
All day service throughout main campus. Includes WCTC, UIHC, Health Sciences Campus, residence halls, and the Pentacrest.
Service Day Types:
Academic weekday
Academic weekend
Break and summer weekday
Schedule and Route Map:
Red Route map and schedules
All day service throughout main campus. Includes WCTC, UIHC, Health Sciences Campus, residence halls, and the Pentacrest.
Service Day Types:
Academic weekday
Academic weekend
Break and summer weekday
Schedule and Route Map:
Blue Route schedule and map
Provides service between residence halls and the Pentacrest area.
Route variations
- 35 Interdorm provides service between residence halls and the Pentacrest area.
- 35A Interdorm-WCTC provides service to/from the WCTC in addition to the residence halls and Pentacrest area.
Service Day Types:
Academic Weekdays (35 and 35A)
Academic Weekends (35 only)
Schedule and Route Map:
Interdorm route map and schedule
Provides service between the east residence halls, including Mayflower, and the Pentacrest area.
Service Day Types:
Academic Weekdays
Schedule and Route Map:
East Dorm Shuttle route map and schedule
Health Sciences Campus Routes
Routes providing service to or from the Health Sciences Campus located along Newton Road. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty and staff who study or work on the Health Sciences Campus will find these routes helpful for commuting or moving between other parts of campus.
Provides service connections between the Pentacrest area, Health Sciences Campus, and Parking Lots 65, Finkbine Commuter, and 75, Arena.
Service Day Types:
Academic Weekday
Break and Summer Weekday
Schedule and Route Map:
Finkbine-Pentacrest route map and schedules
Service between the Research Park campus and the Health Sciences Campus. For service to and from the Pentacrest area, transfer with Pentacrest Route at the VA Loop.
Service Day Types:
Operates on a year-round weekday schedule
Schedule and Route Map:
Research Park route map and schedule
Provides service between the Hawkeye Campus, Health Sciences Campus, and the Pentacrest area.
Service Day Types:
Operates on a year-round weekday schedule
Schedule and Route Map:
Hawkeye-Pentacrest route map and schedule
Provides direct service between Parking Lot 55, Hancher, the Arts Campus, and the Health Sciences Campus.
Service Day Types:
Operates on a year-round weekday schedule
Schedule and Route Map:
Hancher-Newton Road route map and schedule
Arts Campus and Hancher Parking Lot
Routes providing connections between the Arts Campus, Hancher Auditorium, Parking Lot 55, and other areas of campus.
Provides direct daytime connections between Parking Lot 55, Hancher, the Arts Campus, and the Health Sciences Campus along Newton Road.
Service Day Types:
Operates on a year-round weekday schedule
Schedule and Route Map:
Hancher-Newton Road route map and schedule
Evening and night service throughout main campus. Students and commuters can use Red Route for access between the Arts Campus and the residence halls, the Pentacrest, Health Sciences Campus, and the West Campus Transportation Center.
Service Day Types:
Academic weekdays
Academic weekends
Break and summer weekdays
Schedules and Route Map:
Red Route map and schedules
Evening and night service throughout main campus. Students and commuters can use Blue Route for access between the Arts Campus and the residence halls, the Pentacrest, Health Sciences Campus, and the West Campus Transportation Center.
Service Day Types:
Academic weekdays
Academic weekends
Break and summer weekdays
Schedules and Route Map:
Blue Route map and schedules
Finkbine Commuter and Arena Parking Lots
Routes providing connections from the Finkbine and Arena commuter lots to the West Campus Transportation Center, UIHC, Health Sciences Campus, and the Pentacrest.
Service between the Finkbine and Arena commuter parking lots to the West Campus Transportation Center (WCTC). The WCTC facility has skywalk access to the UIHC Main Entrance.
Service Day Types:
Operates on a year-round weekday schedule
Schedule and Route Map:
Hospital-Finkbine/Arena route map and schedule
Provides service connections between the Pentacrest area, Health Sciences Campus, and Parking Lots 65, Finkbine Commuter, and 75, Arena.
Service Day Types:
Academic weekdays
Break and summer weekdays
Schedule and Route Map:
Finkbine-Pentacrest route map and schedules
Provides AM/PM peak commuter service between the Finkbine and Arena parking lots, and the VA Loop on the Health Sciences Campus.
Service Day Types:
Operates on a year-round weekday schedule
Schedules and Route Map:
VA Loop Shuttle route map and schedules
Provides on-demand services to Parking Lots 55, 65, 75, and 85 on weekdays between 8:45 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. View more information on the On-Demand Service page.
Hawkeye Commuter and Hawkeye Campus
Routes providing connections from the Hawkeye Campus, including Parking Lot 85, Hawkeye Commuter, Student Storage Lot 39, Hawkeye Recreation Facilities, and Aspire, to main campus locations. Students needing to travel to the Hawkeye Storage Lot or Recreation Fields will find the Hawkeye-Pentacrest and Hawk Lot-Hospital routes ideal for daytime access, and the Hawkeye Interdorm route ideal for night and weekend service.
Provides direct service between Parking Lot 85, Hawkeye Commuter, and the West Campus Transportation Center (WCTC). The WCTC has skywalk access to UIHC. Serves Aspire on Hawkeye Park Road.
Service Day Types:
Operates on a year-round weekday schedule
Schedule and Route Map:
Hawk Lot-Hospital route map and schedules
Provides service connections between the Hawkeye Campus including Aspire, Health Sciences Campus, and the Pentacrest.
Service Day Types:
Operates on a year-round weekday schedule
Schedule and Route Map:
Hawkeye-Pentacrest route map and schedule
Late night and weekend service providing connections between the residence halls, the Pentacrest, West Campus Transportation Center, and the Hawkeye Campus including Aspire.
Operates on these service day types:
Fall and spring academic weekdays only
Schedules and Route Map:
Hawkeye Interdorm route map and schedule
Weekend Routes and Schedules
During fall and spring academic sessions, CAMBUS operates fixed-route services from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. on these routes:
During the summer session, CAMBUS operates On-Demand services during weekends. The On-Demand Shuttle operates from 11:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. throughout the main campus and Hawkeye Campus.
Learn more:
62 On-Demand Shuttle
During these break periods, CAMBUS does not operate any weekend service:
- Thanksgiving Break
- Spring Break
- Winter Break