Shuttle–UM

Shuttle–UM is a transit system for the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), which constitutes the UM acronym of the company, that operates as a unit of the university's Department of Transportation Services. The system is student-run and is supported by student fees and the university's Student Affairs department.^[2] Its fleet consists of over 60 vehicles and transports approximately three million rides a year.^[2] The system provides four different services: commuter, evening, charter, and demand response.^[3] The latter consists of a paratransit service and a call response curb-to-curb service during the evening, while the former consists of a bus service that runs for 24 hours, seven days a week. Implied by its name, the bus service routes "shuttle" passengers to and from the university with over 20 different routes. Paid upon admission by students to the university, the services are complimentary and only certain services require university identification badges. In 2012, the company expanded to provide service to the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) campus under the name, UM Shuttle. Additionally, a new facility was built to house Shuttle–UM's operations and fleet within the campus after over 30 years of being housed off campus.

Shuttle-UM

A Shuttle-UM 35 ft. Gillig Low Floor Bus
Parent	University of Maryland, College Park (UMD)
Founded	1972
Headquarters	424 Paint Branch Drive
Locale	College Park, Maryland Baltimore, Maryland
Service area	Prince George's Montgomery Baltimore
Service type	Bus service Demand responsive transport Charter service
Alliance	University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) University of Baltimore (UB) Universities at Shady Grove (USG)
Routes	31
Hubs	Adele H. Stamp Student Union (UMD) Regents Drive Parking Garage (UMD) Pearl Street Garage (UMB)
Depots	UMCP Shuttle Facility
Fleet	Gillig Corporation Freightliner Trucks Ford Motor Company Chevrolet Setra
Daily ridership	11,200 (2015)^[1]
Annual ridership	2,956,600 (2015)^[1]
Fuel type	Ultra-low-sulfur diesel Diesel-electric
Operator	Department of Transportation Services (UMD) Parking and Transportation Services (UMB)
Chief executive	David Allen (Executive Director)
Website	Shuttle-UM UM Shuttle UB Shuttle

History

1970s–2000s

Shuttle–UM was established in November 1972 by the University of Maryland, College Park's (UMD) Black Student Union as an initiative to promote security for students walking through campus during the evening hours. Operations began with the use of two vans to circulate campus, which were purchased by UMD's Student Government Association (SGA), the campus' student governing body, through approval by the Office of Commuter Student Affairs, a campus organization supporting students commuters. The operations were run in the basement of a residence hall on campus and consisted of running the vans on two fixed routes. By Spring 1973, the Residence Hall Association, the governing body for the campus' dormitory halls, donated an additional van which led to three fixed routes running through campus in the evening.^[4] By the end of the system's first year of service, 65,000 had been transported.^[4] The following year saw the addition of daytime routes to operations to parking lots and the establishment of Call-A-Ride, which was the original first curb-to-curb service for the transit system.^[4] In 1975, four Mercedes-Benz vans were purchased to expand the fleet to six vehicles. This same year, the name Shuttle-UM was established, three years after being a service provided by SGA, Shuttle–UM was now an independent entity for UMD.^[4] Upon the transit system's independence, Charter service was added to its operations in 1975; the following year saw expansion to the curb-to-curb service with Disability Transit Service" for handicap persons; off-campus routes were established in 1976.

During the fall of 1978, Shuttle–UM's first facility was built on an off-campus parking lot on Greenhouse Road adjacent to Baltimore Avenue.^[5] The new facility, known as UMD Building 013, featured a 12,000 gallon underground diesel tank, numerous maintenance bays, and a bus wash bay. Upon 1979, the project that started as a security service expanded to a transit system consisting of 10 routes with over 20 vehicles.^[6] Barri Standish was hired as the first non-student full-time staff member to serve as the General Manager for Shuttle–UM to provide student guidance in transit operations.^[4] Through 1985 and 1988, the Greenhouse facility was expanded to allocate growing operations with administrative offices and maintenance bays.^[5] Shuttle–UM's expansion in 1985 also composed of ridership growing to 1.1 million passengers annually and employing 125 student employees that took the positions of "drivers, dispatchers, maintenance assistance, trainers, and managers."^[6] By 1986, Shuttle–UM became a member of the American Public Transportation Association and the Transit Association of Maryland.^[4] Within 1999 and 2001, the facility's maintenance bays were expanded to accommodate the growing fleet caused by the growing ridership; the administrative offices also underwent a further expansion in 2001 to accommodate growing employment.^[5]

2010s–

For several years, the annual ridership remained above 2 million; however, during the 2011–12 academic year, DOTS started an initiative that would reward their three millionth rider with free books for a school year, which ultimately commenced in their first year with 3 million riders.^[7] In 2012, the construction of a brand new facility was completed on Paint Branch Drive within campus adjacent to the XFINITY Center. This new facility fit into DOTS' mission and goal to be more sustainable.

 

A Shuttle-UM 35 ft. Gillig Low Floor bus

The facility included geo-thermal heating and cooling systems, a green roof, and an in-ground filtration system to separate run-off diesel and storm water in the fueling area. The new facility was able to house all administration that was expanded within the years at the Greenhouse facility and featured an above-ground diesel tank that stored 2,000 gallons more.^[5]

 

Shuttle UM Gillig Advantage at Prince George's Plaza

Shuttle–UM saw its first expansion with the introduction of its UM Shuttle service for the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus which strictly serves the surrounding Baltimore areas near campus. President Jay Perman reached an agreement with UMD to answer requests of the UMB community to obtain a shuttle service within campus. In August 2012, UM Shuttle officially launched and began to transport staff, faculty, and other members of the UMB community with three distinct routes. The vehicles for these routes are operated in Baltimore but housed in the Paint Branch facility and driven by UMD employees. Like Shuttle–UM, university ID's grant access to riding the shuttles for UMB.^[8]

Fares

Shuttle–UM and UM Shuttle are complimentary services via paid student fees and UMD's Student Affairs' funds.^[9][10] Additionally, living complexes and businesses pay the organization to run the service in their area, which allow riders to ride by just showing drivers a university ID, not limited to University of Maryland System schools.^[11] Residents of College Park were granted access to Shuttle–UM's services via a program approved by city council in 2010, which granted residents passes to show drivers.^[12][13] In September 2012, the city of Greenbelt passed a similar program to that of College Park allowing passes for its residents to use Shuttle–UM's services.^[14]

Structure

Shuttle–UM, although as separate entity in the beginning, is now a branch of DOTS, along with Campus Parking Enforcement. Both are housed at the Paint Branch facility; however, customer inquires regarding parking operate out of Regents Drive Garage offices. Located at Regents Drive Garage are the directors of DOTS, which is overseen by Senior Director David Allen: the directors delegate planning and oversee activity of every branch of the corporation. Every driving staff member for Shuttle–UM that holds a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is assigned a unit number, which are uniquely grouped to identify different departments and status'. These unit numbers are used to eliminate the usage of full names while having radio contact and have an important role in operations for the company.^[5]

Management

The Shuttle–UM and Campus Parking Enforcement operations branches of DOTS are overseen by its Senior Associate Director, Armand Scala, who directly reports to Allen. The two chief executives are regarded as being at the top realm of company operations, who work directly with numerous full-time chief operatives. Under the executives are the full-time shift supervisors, who directly manage the full-time driving staff. Student managers have the responsibility of managing student driving staff, alongside being responsible for running several departments of the organization's operations, such as Dispatch and Demand Response.^[5]

Driving Staff

The drivers for Shuttle-UM are all required to have a CDL class B, with passenger and air-brakes endorsement. These requirements are to be met in order to operate the vehicles in Shuttle-UM's fleet. Although completely composed of student drivers upon the company's inception, as of 2013, staff now features non-student full-time and part-time drivers. The full-time driving staff have a set schedule package that they select before every academic semester (Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer) for UMCP consisting of 40 hours. Students are required to be enrolled at UMCP or University of Maryland Global Campus, the latter due to the sister school sharing the UMCP campus, in order to be eligible to go through CDL training with Shuttle-UM. Students are given the opportunity to obtain their CDL granted upon that they complete a semester's worth of driving, where upon they have the option of leaving or exploring different departments to work for. Like the full-timers, students select shifts before the Spring and Fall semesters only, which are their weekly permanent shifts. Unlike full-time staff, students have more flexibility in choosing individual shifts rather than packages.^[15]

Maintenance

Maintenance is overseen by the Fleet Maintenance Manager, who operates through numerous full-time field managers. These on-site managers are in charge of coordinating service to all vehicles in the fleet for Shuttle–UM and Campus Parking Enforcement, which both make up DOTS. Service done to these vehicles include but are not limited to preventative maintenance, DOT inspections, and fixing mechanical problems. Maintenance operates out of multiple bays located in the Paint Branch facility, which facilitates their work due to the facility also housing parking for all vehicles.^[16]

Training

The training department consists of certified CDL full-time instructors that are responsible for coordinate training to drivers, students and full-timers, who which to seek employment with Shuttle–UM and obtaining a CDL license. Training consists of multiple sessions that gives drivers numerous hours of training through range and road exercises in order to prepare them for CDL exams administered at the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA). Upon their CDL completion, training is also responsible for giving orientations of all Shuttle–UM commercial vehicles in order to give all drivers and equal opportunity in driving routes that require different vehicles.^[17]

Dispatch

The dispatch department is responsible for transit operations in regards to all services provided by the company, including demand response and fixed routes. All dispatchers are students, who are trained to operate the technology and equipment necessary to ensure service is operative. The dispatchers report directly to the shift supervisors upon problems arising before executing decisions that will ensure service being completed. Dispatch also coordinates all customer service inquires regarding routes, demand response, charter, staff, and campus guests. The Shuttle–UM dispatch department operates in sync with the University of Maryland Police Department (UMPD), due to the organization being a state-governed agency: this connection with UMPD provides a branch of safety to drivers and to passengers upon distress signals and accident response. As a result, Shuttle–UM dispatch uses certain police 10-codes for daily operations. Aside from dealing with transit operations, the dispatchers are responsible for recording ridership tallies that are radio communicated to them by drivers upon the completion of every run of every route, which in turn gives the organization passenger data to work with in operations.^[17]

Routes

 

A 40 ft. Flxible Metro bus in service at Regents Drive Parking Garage. This photo was taken before all of the remaining Flxibles retired in early 2013.

Beginning with simply two routes in 1972, the company has expanded its bus service by currently having 27 routes (23 that serve UMD, 3 that serve UMB, and 1 that serves BSU). Since its existence, the company has added and dropped several of its routes. These known documented instances are noted below. For Example, the "Adelphi South" route, which was one of Shuttle UM's very first routes created around 1975/1976, was discontinued during the summer of 2005. The "Adelphi South" route operated between the University of Maryland College Park Campus and Langley Park, MD, via Campus Drive, University Boulevard East (MD 193), Riggs Road (MD 212), the Isabella Gardens Apartment Complex, the University Gardens Apartment Complex, the Marylander Apartments/Serene Townhomes, Keokee Street, Merrimac Drive, 14th Avenue, Quebec Street, Ruatan Street, 11th Avenue, Carroll Avenue, University Boulevard East (MD 193), and Campus Drive. Also, the "Queens Chapel" route, which was also another one of Shuttle UM's very first routes, created around 1975/1976, was discontinued on August 25, 2006 (the start of the 2006–2007 school year). The "Queens Chapel" Route operated back and forth between the University of Maryland College Park Campus and Hyattsville, MD, via Campus Drive, Adelphi Road, Toledo Road, the Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center, Toledo Terrace, East - West Highway (MD 410), 23rd Avenue, Ager Road, Nicholson Street, the Kirkwood Apartment Complex, Kirkwood Place, Ager Road, the West Hyattsville Metro Station (after the station opened on December 11, 1993), Hamilton Street, Queens Chapel Road (MD 500), Oglethorpe Street, 42nd Avenue, Queensbury Road, Baltimore Avenue (U.S. Route 1), Regents Drive, and Campus Drive. On August 25, 2006, the route was discontinued and replaced by the, "113 University Town Center" Route, which would only operate between the University of Maryland College Park Campus and Prince George's Plaza Metro Station, serving the University Town Center Student Housing Complex, which just opened across the Prince George's Plaza Metro Station during the previous month. Eventually, in 2012, the route was renamed as, "113 Hyattsville", since it was extended to Downtown Hyattsville in order to serve the brand new Hyattsville Arts District Apartments. In August, 2009, Shuttle–UM ceased the operation of its 101 Route One Corridor route due to low ridership and very high redundancy to the already existing 81 & 83 Metrobus Routes, which already operate on the U.S. Route 1 corridor. Certain stops that the community rallied to be served were added onto the 110 Seven Springs Apartments route to compensate.^[18][19] At the conclusion of the 2007–2008 academic year, the 102 Campus Connector North and 103 Campus Connector South were discontinued in favor of the 125 Campus Circulator. The campus "connector" routes were the only routes that ran through campus before the start of the evening routes. For undisclosed reasons, the routes were merged into one route that saw the continuation of service through the same areas and regions of campus that were originally served.^[20][21]

At the conclusion of the 2011–12 academic year, the city of Greenbelt saw a reduction in service by Shuttle–UM. The 101 Beltway Plaza served the Beltway Plaza shopping mall by providing students a shopping outlet on the weekends. Route initially operated as "Springhill Lake" but was renamed as "Beltway Plaza/Springhill Lake" in August, 2005 when the route was extended from Springhill Lake Apartments to the Beltway Plaza. In August, 2006, during the time all Shuttle UM route names were assigned actual three digit route numbers, the "Beltway Plaza/Springhill Lake" became known as "101 Beltway Plaza/Springhill Lake". However; in August, 2007 at the request of the Springhill Lake Apartment management due to renovations taking place with the apartments, the route stopped serving the Springhill Lake Apartments and was rerouted to only serve Beltway Plaza. As a result, the route was renamed as, "101 Beltway Plaza". The route was last served during 2011-2012 and quietly terminated at the start of 2012–13.^[3][11]

 

A Shuttle-UM bus stop located on the UMD campus

Additionally, the 131 Mazza Grandmarc/Enclave Franklin Park no longer ran to the Franklin Park complex in Greenbelt after 2011–12.^[3][11] The creation of the 130 Greenbelt and expanded service to the 129 Franklin Park at Greenbelt Station for the 2011–12 academic year saw the merger of the 106 Greenbelt North and 119 Greenbelt South routes, which last ran at the conclusion of 2010–11. The " 106 Greenbelt North" Route was split into two separate routes, the "106 Greenbelt North" route and the "119 Greenbelt South" route around 2008. While the "106 Greenbelt North" route would operate through Old Greenbelt, the new "119 Greenbelt South" route replaced the portion of the Shuttle UM "Greenbelt North" route on Greenbelt Road (MD 193) (east of the intersection of Southway by the Greenway Shopping Center), Hanover Parkway, Greenbrook Drive, Ora Glen Drive, Mandan Road, Westchester Park Drive/Circle, Kenilworth Avenue (MD 201), and Paint Branch Parkway ^[3][6] Additional routes that saw changes included the 123 M-Square which was cancelled between 2010–11 and 2012–13, which saw its services expanded onto the 109 River Road; the 108 Powder Mill Village route renamed as "108 Adelphi" in 2012. Shuttle UM's "Powder Mill Village" route was initially introduced in August, 2004 and operated via Campus Drive, Adelphi Road, Riggs Road/Powder Mill Road (MD 212), the Powder Mill Village Apartments, Powder Mill Road (MD 212), Cherry Hill Road, the Seven Springs Village Apartment Complex, Cherry Hill Road, Baltimore Avenue (U.S. Route 1), Edgewood Road, Rhode Island Avenue, Greenbelt Road, Baltimore Avenue (U.S. Route 1), and Campus Drive. The Shuttle UM Powder amill Village not only provided brand new Shuttle UM bus service to the Powder Mill Village Apartment Complex on Powder Mill Road (MD 212) in Beltsville, MD, but also replaced the former Shuttle UM "Rhode Island Avenue" route between the Seven Springs Village Apartments and University of Maryland College Park Campus Adele H. Stamp Student Union, which was discontinued in May, 2004. However; the Shuttle UM Powder Mill Village route was renamed as "108 Powder Mill Village" in August, 2006 and rerouted to divert off Adelphi Road onto University Boukevard East (MD 193) and operate up to the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue (MD 650), via Metzerott Road, and then join Powder Mill Road (MD 212) via New Hampshire Avenue (MD 650) and Powder Mill Road, instead of joining the intersection of Powder Mill Road (MD 212), via its original routing via Adelphi Road & Riggs Road (MD 212), in order to completely replace the former Shuttle UM "Adelphi North" route that was discontinued at the time. However; Shuttle UM's Powder Mill Village route was rerouted to operate back from the Powder Mill Village Apartments towards the University of Maryland College Park Campus, via Powder Mill Road (MD 212), Powder Mill Road, New Hampshire Avenue (MD 650), Metzerott Road, Paint Branch Drive, and Regents Drive instead of operating via Cherry Hill Road, Seven Springs Village Apartments, Cherry Hill Road, Baltimore Avenue (U.S. Route 1), Edgewood Road, Rhode Island Avenue, Greenbelt Road, Baltimore Avenue (U.S. Route 1), and Campus Drive. The former segment of the Shuttle UM Powder Mill Village route's routing was replaced by Shuttle UM's brand new "107 Seven Springs Village" route in August, 2006. The Shuttle UM Powder Mill Village route was eventually truncated to only operate between the University of Maryland College Park Campus and intersection of Powder Mill Road & New Hampshire Avenue (MD 650) in August, 2010 due to the request by the management of the Powder Mill Village Apartment Complex to no longer serve the complex. However; two years later, the route was truncated even further to only operate up to the former "Adelphi North" terminus inside the Chateau at Avery Apartment Complex on Oakview Drive in the far northeast Silver Spring (south of the I-495/I-95 interchange bordering Adelphi) ^[3][6] and as a result, was officially renamed as, "108 Adelphi" in 2012.

The 2012-13 year saw the cancellation of the company's "park and ride" services: 101 Burtonsville Park and Ride, 107 Laurel Park and Ride, and 120 Bowie Park and Ride. As Shuttle–UM's first aim to promote sustainability by providing service to regions further than the surrounding campus, the routes servicing Burtonsville, Bowie, and Laurel saw a decline in ridership. Riders protested its cancellation; however, on October 12, the routes were serviced for the final time while DOTS provided alternatives for the riders in reaching campus. Additionally to the decline in riders, the 124 The Universities at Shady Grove route required more buses and funds to maintain, thus the park and rides fate was determined by a budget cut necessary to maintain the 124.^[22]

With the expansion of Shuttle–UM into Baltimore at the UMB campus, three routes began to service the area in 2012–13 with 701 BioPark, 702 Mount Vernon, and 703 Federal Hill servicing the immediate UMB campus seven days a week.^[23]

Current

The Shuttle–UM transit system operates primarily circuit routes that start and end on the UMCP campus. As of January 2022, there are 19 routes operated by Shuttle-UM, two of which are operated by a subcontractor. The system's bus routes utilize three bus terminals: Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Regents Drive Parking Garage, and the College Park–University of Maryland station.

University of Maryland, College Park

Route	Terminals			Major streets traveled	Service notes
104 College Park Metro Station ^[24]^[25]
	Commuter service
	Regents Drive Garage	↔	College Park-UMD Station    Camden Line	Outbound: Paint Branch Parkway, River Road Inbound: River Road, Paint Branch Parkway	Operates Sunday-Thursday, with extended overnight hours Friday-Saturday.^[a]
105 The Courtyards ^[26]
	Commuter service
	Regents Drive Garage	↔	The Courtyards at UMD Apartments Building #500	Outbound: Metzerott Road, Greenmeade Drive, Boteler Lane Inbound: Boteler Lane, Greenmeade Drive, Metzerott Road	Operates Monday-Friday in the daytime; evening and overnight service provided by the 116 (see below).^[b] Summer semester service provided by the 135 (see below).
108 Adelphi ^[27]^[28]
	Commuter service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Slip at Campus Drive	↔	Adelphi The Chateau Apartments at Mount Pisgah Road	Outbound: Metzerott Road, New Hampshire Avenue Inbound: New Hampshire Avenue, Metzerott Road	Operates Monday-Friday; no overnight service provided
109 River Road ^[29]
	Special service
	College Park-UMD Station    Camden Line	↔	M-Square Research Park	Outbound: River Road Inbound: River Road	Operates Monday-Friday, only in the morning and afternoon rush hours This route services federal government buildings on River Road and operates according to the federal government schedule
110 Seven Springs Apartments ^[30]
	Commuter service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Slip at Campus Drive	↔	Seven Springs Apartments	Outbound: University Boulevard, Rhode Island Avenue, Baltimore Avenue... Inbound: Baltimore Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, University Boulevard...	Operates Monday-Friday.^[b] Summer semester service provided by the '134 (see below).
111 Silver Spring ^[31]^[32]
	Commuter service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Lot HH at Campus Drive	↔	Silver Spring Takoma Park Silver Spring Metro Station	Outbound: University Boulevard, Carroll Avenue, Flower Avenue... Inbound: Wayne Avenue, Flower Avenue, Carroll Avenue...	Operates Monday-Friday.^[c] Rerouted to Takoma Langley Transit Center on December 31, 2016
113 Hyattsville ^[33]^[34]
	Commuter service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Slip at Campus Drive	↔	Hyattsville Prince George's Plaza Metro Station	Outbound: Adelphi Road, Belcrest Road, Queensbury Road,... Inbound: Baltimore Avenue, Queensbury Road, Belcrest Road,...	Operates Monday-Friday; weekend service to Hyattsville provided by the 133 (see below).^[d]
114 University View ^[35]
	Commuter service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Lot HH at Campus Drive	↔	University View Apartments	Outbound: Campus Drive, Knox Road, Baltimore Avenue Inbound: Baltimore Avenue	Operates Monday-Friday daytime; evening and weekend service provided by the 117 (see below) .^[d]
115 Orange ^[36]
	Evening service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Slip at Campus Drive	↔	North Campus Downtown College park	Loop: Campus Drive, Regents Drive, Baltimore Avenue	Operates Sunday-Saturday,^[d] with extended overnight hours provided Friday-Saturday.
116 Purple ^[37]
	Evening service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Lot HH at Campus Drive	↔	The Courtyards at UMD Apartments Downtown College Park	Loop: Campus Drive, Regents Drive, University Boulevard, Metzerott Road,...	Operates Sunday-Saturday,^[b] with extended overnight hours provided Friday-Saturday.^[e]
117 Blue ^[38]
	Evening service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Lot HH at Campus Drive	↔	Downtown College Park Uptown College Park	Loop: Campus Drive, Mowatt Lane, Knox Road, Baltimore Avenue,...	Operates Sunday-Saturday,^[b] with extended service hours Friday-Saturday.^[e]
118 Gold ^[39]
	Evening service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Slip at Campus Drive	↔	South Campus North Campus Graduate Housing Downtown College Park	Loop: Campus Drive, Preinkert Drive, University Boulevard,...	Operates Sunday-Saturday,^[b] with extended overnight hours Friday-Saturday.^[e]
122 Green ^[40]
	Evening service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Slip at Campus Drive	↔	South Campus Graham Cracker (Sorority Housing) Fraternity Row Downtown College Park North Campus	Loop: Campus Drive, Preinkert Drive, Knox Road,...	Operates Sunday-Saturday, with extended overnight hours Friday-Saturday.^[d]
124 The Universities at Shady Grove ^[41]
	Commuter Service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Slip at Campus Drive	↔	The Universities at Shady Grove	Outbound: Campus Drive, New Hampshire Avenue, Interstate 95,... Outbound: Interstate 95, Baltimore Avenue, Campus Drive,...	Operates Monday-Friday as an express bus service.^[d]
125 Circulator ^[42]
	Commuter Service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Slip at Campus Drive	↔	Graduate Housing Downtown College Park Uptown College Park Xfinity Center	Loop: Campus Drive, Guildford Drive, Baltimore Avenue,...	Operates Monday-Friday.^[b] Summer service is provided by the 135 (see below).
126 New Carrollton ^[43]^[44]
	Commuter Service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Slip at Campus Drive	↔	New Carrollton New Carrollton Station    Penn Line	Outbound: Campus Drive, Baltimore Avenue, Maryland Route 410,... Inbound: Maryland Route 410, Baltimore Avenue, Campus Drive,...	Operates Monday-Friday.^[c]
127 Mazza GrandMarc ^[45]
	Commuter Service
	Regents Drive Garage	↔	Mazza GrandMarc Apartments	Outbound: Baltimore Avenue, Paint Branch Drive,... Inbound: Paint Branch Drive, Baltimore Avenue,...	Operates Monday-Friday; extended evening service hours provided by the 131 (see below) Thursday-Saturday only.^[d] Summer service provided by the 134 (see below)
128 The Enclave ^[46]
	Commuter Service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Slip at Campus Drive	↔	The Enclave Apartments	Outbound: Campus Drive, University Boulevard,... Inbound: Baltimore Avenue, Paint Branch Drive...	Operates Monday-Friday; extended evening service hours provided by the 131 (see below) Thursday-Saturday only.^[d]
129 Franklin Park at Greenbelt Station ^[47]^[48]
	Commuter Service
	Regents Drive Garage	↔	Franklin Park Apartments at Greenbelt Station Greenbelt Station    Camden Line	Outbound: Paint Branch Parkway, Kenilworth Avenue, Edmonston Road... Inbound: Cherrywood Lane, Pontiact Street, Edmonston Road...	Operates Monday-Friday.^[c]
130 Greenbelt ^[49]^[50]
	Commuter Service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Campus Drive at Slip	↔	Greenbelt NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	Outbound: Greenbelt Road Inbound: Ridge Road, Kenilworth Avenue...	Operates Monday-Friday, year-long.^[c]
131 The Enclave and Mazza GrandMarc ^[51]
	Evening Service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Campus Drive at Lot HH	↔	Downtown College Park Mazza GrandMarc Apartments The Enclave Apartments	Outbound: Baltimore Avenue Inbound: Baltimore Avenue	Operates Thursday-Saturday.^[d] This is the only evening service route that requires proper university identification to board.
132 The Varsity ^[52]
	Commuter service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Lot HH at Campus Drive	↔	The Varsity Apartments	Outbound: Campus Drive, Knox Road, Baltimore Avenue Inbound: Baltimore Avenue, Campus Drive	Operates Monday-Friday daytime; evening and weekend service provided by the 117 (see below).^[d]
133 The Mall at Prince George's ^[53]
	Weekend service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Slip at Campus Drive	↔	The Mall at Prince George's Prince George's Plaza Metro Station	Outbound: Baltimore Avenue, Adelphi Road, Belcrest Road... Inbound: Belcrest Road, Adelphi Road, Baltimore Avenue...	Operates only on Saturdays.^[d] Offers limited weekend service to areas serviced by the '113 (see above). Replaced the 101 (see below), as the weekend shopping mall service route.
134 Mazza GrandMarc and Seven Springs Apartments ^[54]
	Commuter service
	Regents Drive Garage	↔	Seven Springs Apartments Mazza GrandMarc Apartments	Outbound: Campus Drive, Baltimore Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue... Inbound: Baltimore Avenue, Paint Branch Drive, Stadium Drive	Operates Monday-Friday.^[f] Offers service through a combination of the 110 and 127 (see above).
135 University Connector ^[55]
	Commuter Service
	Regents Drive Garage	↔	Graduate Housing Downtown College Park Uptown College Park The Courtyards at UMD Apartments	Loop: Campus Drive, Baltimore Avenue, Guilford Drive ...	Operates Monday-Friday.^[f] Offers service through a combination of the 105 and 125 (see above).
136 Indigo ^[56]
	Evening service
	Adele H. Stamp Student Union Campus Drive at Lot HH	↔	The Courtyards at UMD Graduate Housing Downtown College Park Uptown College Park	Loop: Regents Drive, University Boulevard, Guilford Drive...	Operates Sunday-Saturday.^[f] This is the only route in service during the summer semester.

1. True only during the Fall and Spring semesters. This route operates Monday-Friday with limited overnight hours during all other semesters.
2. True only during the Fall, Winter, and Spring semesters. This route does not operate during the Summer semester.
3. True only during the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. This route does not operate during the Winter semester.
4. True only during the Fall and Spring semesters. This route does not operate during the Winter and Summer semesters.
5. Extended overnight hours only during the Fall and Spring semesters.
6. True only during the Summer semester. This route does not operate during any other semester.

Former

From 2012 until 2019, Shuttle-UM provided satellite service to the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Baltimore campuses.

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Route	Terminals			Major streets traveled	Service notes
701 BioPark/Midtown Medical Center ^[57]
	Contract service
	Pearl St. Garage	↔	BioPark University of Maryland Medical Center Lexington Market Metro	Outbound: Greene Street, Washington Boulevard, Scott Street... Inbound: Eutaw Street, West Fayette Street
702 Mount Vernon ^[58]
	Contract service
	Pearl St. Garage	↔	Charles Center Penn Station Fayette Street Plaza	Outbound: Baltimore Street, Charles Street Inbound: St. Paul Street, Fayette Street
703 Federal Hill ^[59]
	Contract service
	Pearl St. Garage	↔	Federal Hill Park Royal Farms Arena Historic Federal Hill	Outbound: Pratt Street, Light Street Inbound: Charles Street, Lombard Street

University of Baltimore

Route	Terminals			Major streets traveled	Service notes
601 State Center ^[60]^[61]
	Contract service
	State Center	↔	Academic Center Fitzgerald Garage	Outbound: Dolphin Street, Park Avenue, Charles Street... Inbound: Maryland Avenue, Preston Street, Howard Street...	This route operates Monday-Friday, yearlong.
602 Penn Station ^[62]^[63]
	Contract service
	Penn Station	↔	John and Frances Angelos Law Center	Loop: St. Paul Street, Fayette Street, Charles Street	This route operates Monday-Friday yearlong, with the exception of the summer semester.

Former

There are 12 documented routes that have been cancelled, or altered.

Route	Name	ID Requirement	Service type	Terminal	Primary Destination(s)	Notes
100	Burtonsville Park and Ride	Yes	Commuter	Regents Drive Parking Garage	Burtonsville Park and Ride	Service terminated on October 12, 2012 due to funding and ridership.
101	Beltway Plaza	Yes	Weekday	Adele H. Stamp Student Union (Slip)	Beltway Plaza	Service terminated on October 12, 2012 due to funding and ridership.( )
102	Campus Connector North	No	Commuter	Regents Drive Parking Garage	North Campus	Service discontinued upon formation of the 125 Circulator that saw the route merged with the 103 Campus Connector South^[20]
103	Campus Connector South	No	Commuter	Adele H. Stamp Student Union	South Campus	Service discontinued upon formation of the 125 Circulator that saw the route merged with the 102 Campus Connector North^[21]
106	Greenbelt North	Yes	Commuter	N/A	Greenbelt Road Old Greenbelt	Route merged with 119 Greenbelt South to form 130 Greenbelt and 129 Franklin Park at Greenbelt Station
107	Laurel Park and Ride	Yes	Commuter	Regents Drive Parking Garage	Laurel Park and Ride	Service terminated on October 12, 2012 due to funding and ridership.
119	Greenbelt South	Yes	Commuter	N/A	Berwyn Heights Greenbelt Road Glen Oaks	Route merged with 106 Greenbelt North to form 130 Greenbelt and 129 Franklin Park at Greenbelt Station
120	Bowie Park and Ride	Yes	Commuter	Regents Drive Parking Garage	Bowie Park and Ride	Service terminated on October 12, 2012 due to funding and ridership.
121	Route One Corridor	Yes	Commuter	N/A	N/A	Service terminated on August 28, 2009, replaced by WMATA Metrobus Routes 81 & 83 Metrobus.
123	M-Square	Yes	Commuter	N/A	M-Square Research Park	Replaced by 109 River Road
138	Greenbelt	Yes	Commuter	Regents Drive Parking Garage	Old Greenbelt	Merged into less frequent 130 Greenbelt
139	NASA-Goddard	Yes	Commuter	Stamp Student Union	Goddard Spaceflight Center	Merged into less frequent 130 Greenbelt

Seasonal routes

Scheduled bus service is also available for academic semester breaks from Stamp Student Union to areas outside of Maryland.

Transportation to Metropark in New Jersey allows access to Amtrak and New Jersey Transit routes. Bus service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal provides indirect access to JFK, LaGuardia and other transit options in New York City.

Shuttle–UM also has seasonal routes to the Cherry Hill Mall in Cherry Hill, NJ and Philadelphia.

Fleet

Shuttle-UM owns over 70 vehicles used to fulfill its service. They range from a variety of builders, models, length, and engine transmission. The company numbers its series according to the year the vehicle was registered to begin service. For example, vehicle 3813 is a 2013 Gillig Low Floor bus, but was not placed in service until 2013. Thus, the 13 is added to the final two digits of Shuttle-UM's series numbering. The vehicles are also grouped in several categories: PHG (Gillig Phantom), LFG (Gillig Low Floor), FFG (40 feet (12 m) Gillig Low Floor Bus), FTL (Freightliner Champion Defender), Vans (Ford E-450, Ford E-350, Dodge Sprinter, Chevrolet Express), and Motor Coach (Setra S417).

Category	Year	Builder	Model	Picture	Fuel Source	# Series
PHG	2001	Gillig	Phantom 35'		Diesel	7001-7601
Vans	2002	Ford	E-450 23'			5302-5602
			E-450 25'			5102-5202
Vans	2003		E-350 22'			2003-2303, 2503
LFG	2005	Gillig	Low Floor 35'	A Shuttle-UM 35 ft. Gillig Low Floor bus		8005-8705
LFG	2006					9006-9706
Vans	2008	Dodge	Sprinter			5008, 5708-5908
Vans	2009	Ford	E-450 25'			2609-2709
Vans	2010					2810
FFG	2010	Gillig	Low Floor 40'		Hybrid electric	3010-3310
FFG	2010				Ultra-low-sulfur diesel	3410-3710
Motor Coach	2011	Setra	S417			311, 511
FTL	2011	Champion Bus	Defender 32'			6111-6411
Vans	2012	Chevrolet	Express 3500 14'		Diesel	2912
FTL	2013	Champion Bus	Defender 32'		Ultra-low-sulfur diesel	6513-6813
LFG	2013	Gillig	Low Floor 35'			7913, 8813–8913, 9813-9913
FFG	2013		Low Floor 40'			3813-4313
LFG	2016		Low Floor 29'			7716, 7816
FFG	2016		Low Floor 40'			4416-4716
Motor Coach	2017	Motor Coach Industries	J4500			1117-1517
LFG	2019	Gillig	Low Floor 29'			7519, 7619
LFG	2019	Gillig Corporation	Low Floor 35'			7019, 7119
FFG	2019	Gillig Corporation	Low Floor 40'			4819-5019

References

General

• Shuttle Driver Handbook, 2012-13. College Park, Maryland: University of Maryland, College Park. 2012. pp. 1–77.
• Maintenance Department of Shuttle-UM (2012), Shuttle-UM Fleet List for Dispatch, University of Maryland, College Park

Specific

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External links

• Department of Transportation Services at University of Maryland, College Park
  • Shuttle-UM
• UM Shuttle
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• Praskievicz, Owen (2006-08-03). . University Wire. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
• Praskievicz, Owen (2006-08-10). . University Wire. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
• Stice, Allison (2007-05-15). . University Wire. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
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• Shuttle-UM records, University of Maryland libraries