The local transportation system has long had a route that passes by the college, which runs under a "flag-down" system, requiring riders to stand anywhere on the route and wave at the bus when it passes, hoping that it stops.
It remains an open question as to whether the college and/or the county will pick up the entire tab for the college shuttle service when the three-year federal grant expires in November 2016.
The project, which began in 2011, was prompted by unprecedented campus growth resulting in heightened demand for parking in Platteville.
The Hub City Hopper, based in downtown Spartanburg will serve students living on campus or residents near University of South Carolina Upstate, Converse College or Wofford College.
The program is funded by the Sonoma County general fund and will assist the Supervisors and Sonoma County Transit in determining the affect a free fare program has on ridership, traffic reduction near college campuses and community response to the program.
The company will provide campus shuttle services for the Rhode Island School of Design and will continue its ongoing management, operations and maintenance of campus transportation services at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Uber, Lyft and other similar brands, are keen to expand their user bases by offering ridesharing services at competitive prices.
Effective immediately, any Victor Valley College student can ride all Victor Valley Transit Authority regional, county and deviated routes for free by presenting a valid student ID or ASB Card.
Students at the College of the Desert ask SunLine Transit for a bus route to take them directly from Desert Hot Springs to the college, since the trip requires transfers and can take up to two-and-a-half hours one way.
After surveying university students at a recent forum regarding bus route changes that were made in December, the Minnesota Student Association found that students believe the bus routes aren’t as efficient as they could be.
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