2008 Woodie Awards
Downtown shuttle could be just a vote away
By: Letter to the Editor
Issue date: 3/25/08 Section: Forum
Curious as to why there's a shuttle bus in the middle of the Union Oval?
Fear not, it's just your Undergraduate Student Government hard at work.
This spring, a shuttle ad-hoc committee was formed and we've been busy trying to get students what they want: A shuttle that encompasses more students' needs.
As a member of this committee I'm proud to let my fellow students know what we are working on.
This week, on the USG ballot, a student referendum is being conducted to gather student support on a no-more-than $20 per semester transportation (which wouldn't take effect until the 2009-2010 school year - and would need to get passed by the Board of Trustees to go into effect).
The fee would help provide things like an additional full-time route that travels to downtown Bowling Green, improvements to our parking lots, improvements to our current buses, the ability to purchase new buses in the future, more stops in residential areas, and extended shuttle service hours and days of operation.
The committee estimates it will take three to five years for all of these changes to go into effect.
We are also looking into changing the North Route for the 2008-09 school year, with University Police Chief James Wiegand's continued support and help, to have more stops in the downtown vicinity.
As always, we welcome student input and are extremely excited for the referendum - it can be found on the USG home page (http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/studentgovernment/usg/USG_Home.html) on the rotating banner.
- Melinda Grooms
Junior, Long-Term Care Administration
USG Off-Campus Senator
Fear not, it's just your Undergraduate Student Government hard at work.
This spring, a shuttle ad-hoc committee was formed and we've been busy trying to get students what they want: A shuttle that encompasses more students' needs.
As a member of this committee I'm proud to let my fellow students know what we are working on.
This week, on the USG ballot, a student referendum is being conducted to gather student support on a no-more-than $20 per semester transportation (which wouldn't take effect until the 2009-2010 school year - and would need to get passed by the Board of Trustees to go into effect).
The fee would help provide things like an additional full-time route that travels to downtown Bowling Green, improvements to our parking lots, improvements to our current buses, the ability to purchase new buses in the future, more stops in residential areas, and extended shuttle service hours and days of operation.
The committee estimates it will take three to five years for all of these changes to go into effect.
We are also looking into changing the North Route for the 2008-09 school year, with University Police Chief James Wiegand's continued support and help, to have more stops in the downtown vicinity.
As always, we welcome student input and are extremely excited for the referendum - it can be found on the USG home page (http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/studentgovernment/usg/USG_Home.html) on the rotating banner.
- Melinda Grooms
Junior, Long-Term Care Administration
USG Off-Campus Senator
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