UConn Transportation Services

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Area served Storrs, CT
Founded Unknown
Fleet size 31
Number of routes 7 (fall/spring semesters)
3 (summer semester)
Operator First Transit
Website transpo.uconn.edu
Facebook @uconntranspo
Twitter @UConnShuttle

The UConn Transportation Services, or HuskyGo, is a campus shuttle service for the University of Connecticut.

Routes

Fall and Spring Semesters

During the fall and spring semesters, buses running on all colored routes operate on Mondays through Thursdays from 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM and on Fridays from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM. A bus running on the Weekend Shuttle—which provides complete coverage of Storrs—operates on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM. The Late Night Shuttle takes over the colored routes and the Weekend Shuttle to provide complete coverage of Storrs on Friday nights from 10:00 PM to 1:00 AM and on Saturday nights from 7:00 PM to 1:00 AM.

Route Destinations Days of Operation
B (Blue) Hilltop Apts., Hilltop Community Center, Hilltop Dorms, Lester E. Shippee Hall, D-Lot, I-Lot, W-Lot, Roger A. Gelfenbien Towers Monday-Friday
G (Green) Busby Suites, Charter Oak Apts., College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Lester E. Shippee Hall, C-Lot, F-Lot, J-Lot, L-Lot,
Mansfield Apts., Mansfield Town Hall, School of Engineering, Parking/Transportation Services
Monday-Friday
O (Orange) Department of Chemistry, Horsebarn Hill, Lester E. Shippee Hall, A-Lot, W-Lot, North/Northwest Halls,
Roger A. Gelfenbien Towers, Wilfred B. Young Building
Monday-Friday
P (Purple) Celeron Square Apts., Clubhouse, Hunting Lodge Apts., John Buckley Hall, Lodewick Visitors Center, Mansfield Town Hall,
Tennis Courts (Discovery Dr.), USPS Storrs Mansfield Office
Monday-Friday
S (Silver) John Buckley Hall, Lodewick Visitors Center, Mansfield Town Hall, Northwood Apts., USPS Storrs Mansfield Office Monday-Friday
W (Weekend) All stops¹ Saturday-Sunday
Late Night All stops¹ Friday-Saturday

¹Call for a dispatcher at the phone number listed in the Facilities section to request a ride at any designated stop serviced by the weekday shuttle routes.

Summer Semester

During the summer semester, buses only operate during the weekdays on the blue and yellow routes from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM and on the purple route from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM. There is no weekend service.

Route Destinations
B (Blue) Hilltop Apts., Hilltop Community Center, Hilltop Dorms, Lester E. Shippee Hall, D-Lot, I-Lot, W-Lot, Roger A. Gelfenbien Towers
P (Purple) Celeron Square Apts., Clubhouse, Department of Chemistry, Hunting Lodge Apts., John Buckley Hall, Lester E. Shippee Hall, Lodewick Visitors Center,
Mansfield Town Hall, North/Northwest Halls, Northwood Apts., UConn Depot Campus, USPS Storrs Mansfield Office
Y (Yellow) Busby Suites, Charter Oak Apts., College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Lester E. Shippee Hall, C-Lot, Mansfield Apts., Mansfield Town Hall, School of Engineering

Facilities

Garage/Office

  • Address: 3 Discovery Dr., Unit 6199, Storrs, CT 06269
  • E-mail: transportation@uconn.edu
  • Phone: (860) 486-1448

Bus Fleet

Active

This roster is incomplete.

Fleet
Number(s)
Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
214-216 2011 Gillig Low Floor 35'
(G27B102N4)
Cummins ISL9
227-228 2005 Gillig Low Floor 35'
(G29B102N4)
Cummins ISL
229-232 2008 Gillig Low Floor 35' Cummins ISL
1701-1710 2016 NFI XD35 Cummins ISL9 Allison B400R Includes Wi-Fi and USB charging ports.

Retired

This roster is incomplete.

Fleet
Number(s)
Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
201-204 1972 GMC TDH-3302N GMC 478 Toro-Flow II
201-210 2011 IC Bus RE300 International MaxxForce DT Allison PTS 3000 Series 2012 models.
203-205 1995 Gillig Phantom 30' Cummins C8.3 Allison B300R
206-207 ? Highway Products TC-29 Unknown amount of buses.
208-213 1997 Gillig Phantom 35' Cummins C8.3 Allison B400R
214-216 2000 Thomas FS-65 Cummins ISB Allison AT-545
223-226 2002 AmTran RE International DT466 Allison MD 3060