Commentary: Students need free public transportation
Free public transportation that runs at all hours allows students to feel safe knowing there is a reliable public transportation service running in the area.
Free public transportation that runs at all hours allows students to feel safe knowing there is a reliable public transportation service running in the area.
Ithaca College is planning to install a bus shelter outside of Roy H. Park Hall. The decision was made after students requested the shelter.
The Tompkins County Health Department announced possible COVID-19 exposures at the Ithaca Ale House in Ithaca and on the TCAT Route 32 bus.
The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Incorporated (TCAT) has added two new supplemental routes — the 11S and the 11N — to the South Hill area.
The TCAT canceled a number of trips on high-frequency routes throughout March due to an aging fleet of buses and other complications.
The SGC tabled a bill proposal for Jewish holiday accommodations and hosted a Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit focus group at its Nov. 12 meeting.
Ithaca College students may see a decrease in Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Route 11 services as a result of decreased ridership on the route.
Thanks to a newly received grant, Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit announced Aug. 24 that it will have energy efficient buses operating on and off the Ithaca College campus in two years.
The second to last bus of the night arrives, and the students spring toward it, scrambling on board as if they are lost at sea and have found their lifeboat.
Since cab companies can control their rates, ASAP Cab Companies decided to offer the lowest price for a ride to draw in more customers.
Students must be better neighbors to the residents of South Hill or else the community surrounding the college will continue to dissolve.
The TCAT does not exist solely for the college — it is not a private transportation system meant to serve only its needs.