<p>re: “transportation to the Ithaca Med Center is difficult (there’s not even a Cornell shuttle that goes there)”…</p>
<p>The trip from the Cornell campus to Cayuga Medical Center using the public bus system takes 40 minutes and costs $1.50. </p>
<p>If you have a car, or can bother a friend to drive you, Mapquest says it takes 8 minutes, but I would budget 15. It’s only a little over 3 miles away, but there are trafic lights, and maybe trafiic through “the octopus” downtown.</p>
<p>Worst case, Cayuga Medical Center is a $12 cab ride from the Cornell campus, and would take that same 15 minutes. But I imagine most students are able to use the bus system, drive or get a ride.</p>