{"id":1786,"date":"2019-09-19T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=1786"},"modified":"2019-09-19T09:00:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T09:00:10","slug":"the-challenges-opportunities-of-operating-university-campus-shuttle-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2019\/09\/19\/the-challenges-opportunities-of-operating-university-campus-shuttle-services\/","title":{"rendered":"The Challenges, Opportunities of Operating University Campus Shuttle Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> By Russ Tieskoetter, <em>Metro Magazine<\/em>, Aug 9, 2019<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metro-magazine.com\/blogpost\/731009\/the-challenges-opportunities-of-operating-university-campus-shuttle-services\">https:\/\/www.metro-magazine.com\/blogpost\/731009\/the-challenges-opportunities-of-operating-university-campus-shuttle-services<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The typical school has dozens of buildings, numerous off-campus student housing options, and tens of thousands of people moving on and off campus, and between stops throughout. That is why many institutions offer bus and shuttle services to provide transportation for students and staff, and they face the same challenges of providing consistently high rider satisfaction levels that municipal transit authorities and operators do. This presents opportunities to experiment with adding new technologies and services to improve customer service and increase ridership.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A study conducted at the University of North Dakota asked college students what factors influenced their decision to ride the campus shuttle. The top reason is convenience. Other reasons included: time, accessibility, and parking availability.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But whether students realize it or not, the most important service campus shuttles provide is safety. They are a convenient and reliable way for students to get around campus at night, particularly if they are alone. Shuttles can help with another safety hazard faced by college students \u2014 bad backs. A study by a University of Indiana professor found that the average graduate student carries a backpack weighing just over 12 pounds. That\u2019s a lot of weight to bear when you are hurrying across miles of campus.&#8221;<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article covers the topic of campus shuttle services. The author points out reasons behind why students use the shuttle service: convenience, time, accessibility, parking availability, and safety. They also touch on how to increase ridership levels: building long-term loyalty and embracing competition options such as ride-hailing services. The benefits of a fixed-route service are many beyond the primary use of transportation to and from classes. They also connect users to some off-campus sites while reducing vehicular traffic. The author also states that \u201cincreasing ridership numbers requires leveraging technologies\u201d such as telematics (collects, analyzes, and uses real-time data provide helpful insights). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-focus"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1786"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1836,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786\/revisions\/1836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}