Douglas Zeigler, a 37-year veteran of the New York City Police Department, will oversee security for the MTA, including coordinating MTA security efforts with the Department of Homeland Security; FBI; the National Guard; the NYPD and State Police, and the MTA Police Department.
Both systems are customizable and free of charge, with standard text messaging rates still applying.
The University has partnered with Zipcar to offer students, staff and faculty use of six rental cars; three are hybrids.
This year, 20 percent fewer freshmen bought parking permits than last year. As a result, campus sustainability officials have held back on a planned ban on freshmen bringing cars to campus.
Students and faculty at the New York City campus will now be able to take the Campus-to-Campus bus service to Ithaca daily. The bus service will soon add six weekly round trips to its schedule, an increase of more than 40 percent over the current 14 trips.