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Wednesday, August 24, 1988 / University Daily Kansar
Secure Shuttle will continue to give safe rides to students
Bv Daniel Niomi
ansan staff write
Secure Shuttle, the van service that offers students a tree ride home if they have been drinking or do not feel sick.
Scott Russell, transportation coordinator for KU on Wheels, said that Student Senate negotiated a contract last week with Corporate Coach of Lawrence and allocated about $20,000 for the service. Corporate Coach receives $17.25 an hour for the service, but students ride free.
Secure Shuttle, which resumed service Monday night, travels a fixed route, stopping at 12 locations. Riders will be able to check-in and out.
The vans, silver and blue with yellow flashing lights,
begin the route each hour from midnight to 3 a.m. Sunday
through Thursday and from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Friday and
Saturday.
The shuttle begins at Johnny's Up and Under, 401 N Second St., and makes stops at Bogarts of Lawrence, 613 Vermont St. the Eldridge Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St. the Hertford Street Hotel, 711 Fifth Avenue New Hampshire, 10th and Massachusetts, 14th and Tennessee, 14th and Ohio, 12th and Oread, and at the Kansas University and Walmart Library. The shuttle then stops at
It takes about 30 minutes for the van to go from Johnny's Up and Under to Gammons at the end of the route, said Bob Forbes, president of Corporate Coach, who books at the student's addresses and takes them home.
Russell estimated that five riders a night used the service between February 29 and May 16.
Russell said that he hoped a promotional campaign
would increase the number of people riding Secure Shuttle.
"We didn't have as many as we wanted," Russell said. "When you break it down to a per person cost, it is a real difference."
"We were thrown into it last semester; we didn't have a chance to really promote it and educate people on it. That's our top priority right now, to make sure people understand what kind of route it runs, that it's an hourly service, and that it's free and funded by the Student Senate," he said.
Secure Shuttle replaced Secure Cab February 29. Secure Cab had been established in 1986 for the same purposes as Secure Shuttle Student Senate canceled funding for Secure Cab last December when the Union Cab Co. raised the fare for each ride from $2.50 to $4.00. The students could request Secured Cab rides from any location.
Last semester, Secure Shuttle offered hourly service from midnight to 3 a.m. Sunday to Wednesday and half-hour service from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday to Saturday. Senate pay $7.50 am for the service. The number of paid employees changed to付员工服务 this semester because the number of riders did not merit the additional vans.
Russell said the shuttle's 12-step schedule was the most feasible to Senate and Corporate Coach. He said the schedule was developed by analyzing general statistics about last year's shuttle use.
If our promotion results in a really drastic increase in riders ... and we feel a 10 p.m. or 11 p.m. starting time (during the week) would be worthwhile, we'll add the ride to the program so that we add hours to the program than take them away.
ASSISTANT NAMED: Kelsey Hayley Named to Kasey Kassey Hayden, he was assigned assistant to Judith Ramaley. KU executive vice chancellor, replacing Jennifer Johnne
Hayden has been employed by KU in several positions, including executive coordinator of the Graduate Student Council from 1979 to 1980 and as an information writer for the University Relations from 1980 to 1984.
Ramaley announced the appointment Aug. 1.
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He most recently was an assistant
professor of English. Hayden served as press secretary for his brother's gubernatorial campaign in 1866.
DIRECTOR LEAVES: The budget for Director Kansas in August to become vice president for finance and administrative services at Murray State University.
Brian Ward Zimmerman, the for mer director, also will be an associate professor in the College of Business and Public Affairs at Murray
Zimmerman became budget director in 1976 after he earned bachelor's.
masters and doctorate degrees at KU. The University's annual operating budget has increased from $11 million to $20 million. Zimmerman became the director.
WATKINS NAME CHANGE: Watkins Memorial Hospital has been renamed as Watkins Memorial Health Center.
James Strobl, director of student health services, said the change, which became effective July 1, more accurately reflected Watkins' change in emphasis from inpatient to ambulatory health care.
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