GRTC to Scale back, but not eliminate West End Bus Service
Good news for Near West Enders who use the GRTC bus system. GRTC first mentioned eliminating the Westhampton 16 back in July. The T-D reports:
GRTC Transit System may scale back but not eliminate bus service to the West End, including the University of Richmond.
Officials are revamping their months-old plan to scrap inefficient routes by proposing to combine, rather than cut, the No. 16 Westhampton and No. 13 Main Street/Church Hill routes.
The new, merged route would extend from downtown as far west as Carytown, said John M. Lewis Jr., GRTC chief executive officer.
To offset the loss of service to UR that’s now available on the Westhampton route, GRTC is proposing a new express route that would stretch between downtown and the university campus with potentially two stops along the way. That route would cater to weekday commuters and allow transfers onto the merged Westhampton/Main Street route.
Don’t allow first year college students to have cars on campus. Tax college students’ parking passes and contribute towards to GRTC funding more routes.
As an evening adult student, I disagree with taxing the parking passes simply because I pay the same amount for a credit hour at UR as a day student with half the “perks” day students are offered. In addition, adult students typically do not live on campus and rely on their vehicles for the commute. If anyone should be taxed it should be the resident students. Restricting first year students from having cars on campus would be an excellent segment into taxing second-year on students.
Dude, you could walk to U of R. But lets agree that “Restricting first year students from having cars on campus would be an excellent segue into taxing second-year on students.”
Another thought on this is…maybe after restricting individual cars, the universities or an entrepreneur should start a Zip rental car biz on or near campuses.
http://www.zipcar.com/