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TRANSPORTATION
Saferide to offer services during summer semester
By Ehren Meditz
emeditz@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
For the first time in its history, Saferide will be providing a summer program for students.
The program costs about $6,000, which a $2 increase in student fees is funding beginning next semester. The revenue allows Saferide to add three cars to the fall and spring programs and to better promote the service.
After the $2 increase cleared the Student Senate in April, the Board of Regents approved the plan earlier last month.
With the emergence of the new Saferide program could come uncertainty, said Tim Akright, transportation coordinator for KU on Wheels.
Eric Darnell, Saferide supervisor at the Lawrence Bus Company, said he had no idea how much use the summer program could expect.
"We really don't have a firm grasp at all on what sort of demand is out there," Akright said.
future," Darnell said.
Darnell added that the fall and spring programs were consistently busy every night of the week, both with students needing designated drivers or just a ride home.
For now, Akright said the program would have to rely on word of mouth.
"There's not going to be a huge campaign for this summer," Akright said. He said that KU on Wheels would make the program known to bars across Lawrence this summer. A new promotional campaign will begin in the fall.
Although the idea has been talked about for some time, an in-depth discussion began during last year's Student Senate sessions.
The Office of Institutional Research and Planning estimated more than 9,000 students enrolled in summer courses last year, a steady increase over prior years.
Beginning tomorrow, the service runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday,and it will continue through July 24. The service is available from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. by calling 864-SAFE.
"This is pretty much a test for the -Edited by Amy Kelly
BUSES
Pipe replacement to slow Jayhawk Boulevard traffic
By Ehren Meditz emeditz@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Blame century-old water pipes for bus route confusion this summer.
The first of a six-phase construction plan is underway on Jayhawk Boulevard. Construction workers are replacing underground secondary water pipes dating back to the Teddy Roosevelt era. The construction interrupts southbound traffic, making the road one-way in places and forcing the two summer buses off their original routes.
"No one is too happy about this construction," said Tim Akright, transportation coordinator for KU on Wheels. He added that students should expect periodic route changes.
The construction of phase one in front of the Kansas Union will temporarily eliminate the southbound Kansas Union and Lippincott Hall stops. The route will travel on Mississippi Street instead and return to
the boulevard by Bailey Hall. As the construction moves further down Jayhawk Boulevard, those stops will return and the Bailey and Snow Hall southbound stops will be removed.
Ernest Jenkins, Lancaster, S.C., graduate student, said the changes shouldn't be much of a problem for him.
Akright said the construction, coupled with other off-campus road construction projects, could create a larger problem for students.
Akright encouraged students to visit the KU on Wheels web site for the latest route information. The site will be updated one to three days before changes in the route occur.
"I could easily be at another stop,"Jenkins said.
"The more construction that happens, a larger problem it becomes," Akright said.
Akright said the construction should be complete in mid-August.
— Edited by Saju Ng'alla