Shuttle Information

BME Shuttle service will resume on Monday, August 21, 2023.

The Biomedical Engineering Shuttle runs between NC State’s Centennial Campus and UNC’s School of Medicine Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

All UNC Chapel Hill and NC State students, faculty, and staff are eligible to ride for free. Eligible riders only need their NC State or UNC Chapel Hill Campus ID cards for easy identification by shuttle drivers. BME department members with ID sticker will receive seating priority. To get your sticker, email or either drop by 9012 Mary Ellen Jones Building at UNC or 4134 Engineering Building III at NC State (see Andi Scheer).

The shuttle accommodates up to 14 riders. Please note, reservations are not required for riding the bus.

The bus departs from NC State’s Centennial Campus (on Oval Drive, adjacent to the Engineering Building II breezeway) on even hours and from UNC’s School of Medicine (from the Mary Ellen Jones Building loading dock) on odd hours.

On-demand pickup and drop off is available at NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM):

1. Riders who board the BME Shuttle at the standard NC State Engineering Centennial Campus or UNC Medical School pickup spots, but want to be dropped off at CVM, will simply request the CVM stop from the driver.
2. Riders who want to be picked up at CVM and go to either the standard NC State Engineering Centennial Campus or UNC Medical School drop-off spots will call in advance and ask the driver for the CVM pickup. The phone number to call is: (919) 710-6456.
3. The CVM pickup / drop off site will be the bus pull-off next to the Port City Java/Veterinary Hospital building, in sight of the “Swimming Dog” dog head statue.
4. The schedule for deadline times to call for a CVM pickup is as follows:
   call by 8 to be picked up at CVM (headed to UNC)
   call by 9 to be picked up at CVM (headed to Centennial)
   call by 10 to be picked up at CVM (headed to UNC)
   call by 11 to be picked up at CVM (headed to Centennial)
   call by 12 to be picked up at CVM (headed to UNC)
   call by 1 to be picked up at CVM (headed to Centennial)
   call by 2 to be picked up at CVM (headed to UNC)
   call by 3 to be picked up at CVM (headed to Centennial)
   call by 4 to be picked up at CVM (headed to UNC)
   call by 5 to be picked up at CVM (headed to Centennial)

NC State Centennial Campus Stop:

UNC School of Medicine Stop:

NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) Stop: