Riverside shuttles back in service by high demand
After its cancellation in December 2016, the Riverside Shuttle has been reinstated for the spring semester, according to a campus-wide email from the Student Union on Friday.
Citing low ridership and the overall cost of the program, Senior Department Coordinator for the Graduate Student Center Steven Weglinski announced the shuttle’s cancellation in a Dec. 16,
The shuttle was reinstated through the conjoined efforts of Student Union Communications Director Jacob Edelman ’18, Executive Senator Hannah Brown ’19, Allocations Board Chair Emma Russell ’19, Board of Trustees Representative Emily Conrad ’17 and members of the Graduate Student Association, according to a Feb. 27 Union press release emailed to the Justice.
During the Student Union Senate meeting on Sunday, Brown told senators that lack of publicity also contributed to the initial cancellation of the shuttle in the fall.
She added that the Senate’s Services and Outreach committee will continue to advertise the free service to the student body.
“The Student Union received lots of feedback from students who were affected by the cancellation. We heard you … and will always keep listening,” Friday’s email from the Union read.
The shuttle began running again last week, with service offered Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
—Abby Patkin. Michelle Dang contributed reporting.
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