Transportation

Joseph Verrigni, Director of Transportation
830 South Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12202
(518) 462-7320

2008-09 transportation forms available

Applications for bus service for the 2008-09 school year and CDTA passes are available online (click the respective links to download the forms in .pdf format). More information about school-related transportation services is available in the back-to-school newsletter or by calling the Transportation Department at 462-7320.

Ensuring students arrive to school safely is a big job, and it's one the district takes very seriously. The district strives to provide its students with safe, reliable and efficient transportation. The district contacts with Durham School Services to provide busing transportation to Albany's elementary school children.

Each school day, the district oversees the transportation of nearly 5,000 children on both Durham yellow buses and CDTA vehicles. These buses travel to 78 schools -- 24 public and charter schools in Albany, as well as 56 BOCES and private schools throughout the Capital Region. To find out more about transportation for students attending non-public schools in Albany, visit our Busing Eligibility page.

Who do I call if I have transportation questions?

Call the main office of your child's school:

• To request a change in your child's pick-up and drop-off location.

Call Durham School Services at 598-0600:

• If you have routing questions, such as pick-up and drop-off places and times for your child.

• To alert us when your child will not be riding the bus for a period of time, and to let us know when your child will be returning.

• With any questions about transportation cancellations or late route times due to weather.

Call the City School District of Albany Transportation Department at 462-7320:

• To determine if your child is eligible for transportation.

• To request an application for transportation.

• To verify information about your child's name, address and school of attendance.

• If you have a need for temporary transportation assistance, i.e., your child has a broken leg or other injury requiring additional assistance.