Wednesday, June 27, 2007
KU on Wheels’ recent decision to switch bus driver providers caused a lapse in operation on June 18.
May Davis, transportation coordinator for KU on Wheels, said Lawrence Bus Company workers did not show up in the morning, leaving the buses without drivers.
Davis said the company would not tell her why the drivers didn’t show up.
Students were left without KU on Wheels service on June 18 after drivers from the Lawrence Bus Company failed to show up for work. The company declined to comment on the situation.
She said the situation could be connected to the switch from Lawrence Bus Company to MV Transportation.
Davis said that KU on Wheels would be switching to a new company, MV Transportation, to supply the drivers for the University bus system. The switch will happen on June 29 for SafeRide and July 1 for KU on Wheels.
The Lawrence Bus Company would not comment on whether the switch of companies was the reason their drivers did not show up.
She added that KU on Wheels switched companies because MV Transportation “had a more cost effective proposal with new ideas involving new technology.”
Davis said she spoke with the Lawrence Bus Company and does not expect to have this problem in the future.
Two students waited for nearly 30 minutes for the bus from Park and Ride. Ashley Coleman, Kansas City senior, and Steven Witherspoon, Wichita senior, said they noticed there were no cars around.
Coleman and Witherspoon decided to drive to class to avoid being late. Coleman made it to class in time, but Witherspoon said did not.
Coleman said she picked up two friends waiting at the bus stop by Jayhawker Towers on her way to park behind Frasier Hall. “They would probably still be sitting their today if I hadn’t picked them up,” she said.
Coleman said she looks for cars in the parking lot to make sure the buses will be running that day. Coleman said she wished she had received an e-mail alerting her to the situation.
— Edited by Joe Caponio
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