UConn Transportation Services welcomes students back for the spring 2019 semester and has several new and exciting changes to the shuttle bus system to announce. These changes are being made based upon operational data collected throughout the fall semester, which included information submitted by the more than 700 respondents to our 2018 Fall Transportation Survey.
While many students enjoyed the convenience of weekend on-demand shuttle services during the 2018 fall semester, they only did so when those services were provided with little waiting time. Investigation of ways to improve the situation revealed that the costs to achieve an acceptable level of personalized on-demand shuttle service would exceed its community benefits. The appropriateness of funding individualized transportation services with student fees was debatable.
The decision was therefore made to provide Weekend shuttle service along two fixed routes. These routes feature coordinated transfers between the Student Union/Field House stops which will allow riders to transfer between the two weekend lines without having to wait for a second bus. The new weekend routes will provide direct connections to more than 80% of the previously provided on-demand trips. The new Weekend service will run for the hours previously served by “Late Night” and “Weekend” services - between 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Fridays, from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturdays, and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays. The new Weekend service will begin on Friday, January 25.
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Additional information about these changes, including information supporting the decisions, have been published on the Transportation Services website.
For more information, contact: Transportation Services at 860-486-1448