Wednesday, August 24, 2005
KU on Wheels is no longer giving students a free ride.
The Jayhawk Express, the free campus bus route, was eliminated at the beginning of the fall semester. The KU Public Safety Office also moved a bus stop on 15th Street.
The Jayhawk Express bus was canceled because of low ridership, said Jessica Mortinger, transportation director of KU on Wheels.
The Transportation Board members decided to quit running the Jayhawk Express after having meetings about each individual route, Mortinger said. The board found that the Jayhawk Express was not in high demand.
Matt Davis, Lawrence senior, agreed with the board’s decision that the Jayhawk Express bus was unnecessary.
Davis said he thought students wouldn’t use a bus that took them from class to class, even if they had to rush to make it.
“I think people can budget their time to make it,” Davis said.
New bus stop
Officials at the KU Public Safety Office have also moved a bus stop on 15th Street farther east.
Buses on the McCollum, Park and Ride, and 15th and Crestline routes stopped in front of the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. Phi Kappa Psi, 1602 W. 15th St., is across from Jayhawker Towers, the on-campus apartment complex. Now the bus pulls off to the side of 15th Street in front of Learned Hall.
The 15th Street bus stop was moved as a safety precaution, Chief of Police Ralph Oliver said.
Officers were concerned about pedestrians crossing the heavy traffic on 15th Street, Oliver said. They also worried about buses holding up the flow of traffic because some buses dropped off passengers in the middle of the street.
“The stop was moved to prevent something from happening,” Oliver said.
The Jayhawker Towers administrators have no problem with the stop being moved, said Eric Grospitch, assistant director of the Department of Student Housing.
“It makes it safer for students crossing the street,” Grospitch said.
KU on Wheels plans on making further changes to the campus bus system, Mortinger said.
A task force is investigating different bus systems that the university could adopt, said Peg Livingood, a landscape architect at Design and Construction Management. The task force is also comparing how cost-effective the different systems are. A deadline for chosing a system has not been set.
— Edited by Katie Lohrenz
Joshua Bickel/KANSAN
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