College Transportation: Convenient?
Caitlin Eads
English 102
2/11/15
College Transportation: Convenient? In general, what’s the purpose of public transportation? Usually one would answer along the lines of ‘get someone from point A to point B’. Here at the University of Kansas, that revolves mostly around student life, but also includes the Lawrence general public. Busing is advertised as a great tool that students have available to them for free, both during school hours and after. However despite busing being promoted for its convenience for students, the most commonly ridden bus route (red 43) stops running at 5:30pm on weekdays, and doesn’t run at all on weekends. Few buses run on Saturdays, and absolutely no buses run on Sundays. I do not believe this is adequate. Bus times are inconvenient, and this transportation method as a whole is not prioritized correctly; I believe the busing should be extended to a much later time in the evening, as well as 7 days a week. For more than half of the students here at the University of Kansas, getting home after the last class of the day isn’t an issue. However, because not everyone has their own car at college, dependence on busing is required (unless you’re feeling up to walking a mile or more). The main bus that takes students up to Daisy Hill, 43 red, stops running at 5:30pm. Because I am in the school of architecture, my afternoon 4-hour-long studios don’t get out until 6pm; this is after the main busing stops. While there are sometimes other bus options after 5:30pm, such as the downtown bus (11) and the circulator (41), they are seldom reliable. I use my class as an example because of personal experience, but there are plenty of other classes that let out after 5:30pm as well. With Daisy Hill having the biggest concentration of students, you’d think the university would provide adequate busing to and from this area during necessary transportation times. If the classes held at later hours are scheduled by the school, logically the school should
English 102
2/11/15
College Transportation: Convenient? In general, what’s the purpose of public transportation? Usually one would answer along the lines of ‘get someone from point A to point B’. Here at the University of Kansas, that revolves mostly around student life, but also includes the Lawrence general public. Busing is advertised as a great tool that students have available to them for free, both during school hours and after. However despite busing being promoted for its convenience for students, the most commonly ridden bus route (red 43) stops running at 5:30pm on weekdays, and doesn’t run at all on weekends. Few buses run on Saturdays, and absolutely no buses run on Sundays. I do not believe this is adequate. Bus times are inconvenient, and this transportation method as a whole is not prioritized correctly; I believe the busing should be extended to a much later time in the evening, as well as 7 days a week. For more than half of the students here at the University of Kansas, getting home after the last class of the day isn’t an issue. However, because not everyone has their own car at college, dependence on busing is required (unless you’re feeling up to walking a mile or more). The main bus that takes students up to Daisy Hill, 43 red, stops running at 5:30pm. Because I am in the school of architecture, my afternoon 4-hour-long studios don’t get out until 6pm; this is after the main busing stops. While there are sometimes other bus options after 5:30pm, such as the downtown bus (11) and the circulator (41), they are seldom reliable. I use my class as an example because of personal experience, but there are plenty of other classes that let out after 5:30pm as well. With Daisy Hill having the biggest concentration of students, you’d think the university would provide adequate busing to and from this area during necessary transportation times. If the classes held at later hours are scheduled by the school, logically the school should