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Published on: 10/3/2007
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Brad Miller, director of the Terre Haute Transit Utility, said the added services "are taking transit to a new era."
ISU students and the public will have extended hours to go to the mall or other shopping areas or to get to and from work.
"This broadens everyone's ridership," Miller said."We're excited about it.We hope everybody uses it."
The city bus service should benefit from increased ridership, which in turn would mean increased state funding, Miller said.
The ISU Campus Shuttle Route runs through campus from 6:15 a.m. until 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.It starts and ends at the Transfer Center, at Fifth Street and Wabash Avenue, where it leaves every half hour - at 15 minutes and 45 minutes after the hour.
Right now, there are no designated bus stops for the campus shuttle, Miller said.
"Drivers are looking for [students] everywhere," he said - at street corners, in front of buildings or at a parking lot.
"We don't know where they will congregate," Miller said.Once that's better known, the bus service will have designated stops on the shuttle route, he said.
"On a nice day, we probably won't pick up anyone," Miller said.