Maps and Travel Options

Albany: 2 hours
Boston: 5 hours
New York City: 4 hours
Philadelphia: 4 hours 
Rochester: 2 hours
Syracuse: 1 hour
Utica: 45 minutes
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The university has established the Demand Response Shuttle Service to help visitors using the transportation facilities in Syracuse and Utica get to campus easily and safely. Call them at 315-824-1260 (choose option five or extension 232).

Enterprise Rent-a-Car: 800-261-7331
Express Limousine: 315-682-1962
Nilles Ford Mercury Inc.: 315-824-2440
Northeast Limousine Service: 315-361-5466

Zipcar is a program on campus that lets you rent a fuel-efficient or hybrid-electric vehicle at low cost. Colgate's Zipcars provide a means for transportation — when you want it — without the need to drive a car to campus. As a result, you end up saving more and driving less — way less! READ MORE.

There is regular Shortline/Coach USA bus service from campus to Nw York City and other destinations. Adirondack and Greyhound service is accessible from Utica, Syracuse, and Binghamton.

Adirondack Trailways: 800-776-7548
Shortline/Coach USA: 800-631-8405
Greyhound: 800-231-2222

Regularly scheduled commercial airline service is available at the Syracuse airport, which is the closest major airport to campus. The Hamilton Municipal Airport is just north of campus and is used by those with private planes.

Amtrak train service to New York City, Boston, Chicago, and other major cities is available through the Utica train station.

City Cab: 315-724-5454
Clinton: 315-853-3355
Delano: 315-697-3237
Demand Response: 315-824-1260
Yellow Taxi of Syracuse: 315-471-5151

The agency, in the O'Connor Campus Center (Coop), offers discounted tickets for buses to New York City, Utica, Binghamton, and other destinations. During breaks, shuttle tickets to and from the Syracuse airport also are available. LEARN MORE

The Colgate alumni clubs of Long Island and of Boston offer students direct bus service during vacation periods. The clubs individually organize the bus schedules and handle payments.
LONG ISLAND CLUB (PDF)
BOSTON CLUB (PDF)

There is a Level 2 ChargePoint station compatible with all electric vehicles (Tesla vehicles require an adapter) located on Lally Lane on campus. LEARN MORE