SSS offers secure data systems, compliance reporting and tracking tools, video and online training, a CSA 2010 tracking & analysis kit, educational tips, drug and alcohol testing services and other easy-to-use time-savers that cut overhead costs.
Over the past two years, Penn Transit purchased eight new low-emission vehicles: four buses capable of running on both ultra-low sulfur diesel and biodiesel fuels, and four propane-powered shuttle vans.
Providing an incentive to use inner-city transit will help reduce traffic on campus, free up space for cyclists and pedestrians and reduce the university's carbon footprint, officials say.
The university is working with its police department and the Student Government Association to improve safety on campus, with expanded shuttle services as part of the solution.
When the program was rolled out in June, the provincial government didn’t give TransLink the necessary funds — $85.1 million, according to the agency — to back up the expansion.
The university's SafeRide program is adding three additional phone lines for the service and doubling the number of people answering phones. The University Transit System will begin a pilot program Thursday, Oct. 28, to extend late-night bus service to Thursdays through the end of this semester.
The ten transit and six bicycle shelters have been provided by MSSmedia, an outdoor advertising company that works with universities.