CA: UC Santa Cruz Students to Vote on Future of Articulated Buses
May 28, 2018
The fate of a pilot program that brought three articulated buses — almost twice the length of a normal Metro bus — to UC Santa Cruz will be decided by a student vote.
Source Santa Cruz Sentinel
The fate of a pilot program that brought three articulated buses — almost twice the length of a normal Metro bus — to UC Santa Cruz will be decided by a student vote.
The UCSC and Santa Cruz Metro initiative came out of concern for students who expected to board a crowded 40-foot transit bus and were left behind and had to wait for the next bus on routes running toward the campus, said Alex Clifford, CEO/general manager of Santa Cruz Metro.
A pilot program, which started Jan. 1, added three articulated buses stretching 60 feet long and carrying up to 100 people, compared to the 40-foot transit buses with a capacity of 60 passengers. Santa Cruz Metro operated the buses throughout Santa Cruz’s Westside, and leased them from Shuttle Bus Leasing for $5,000 per vehicle.
