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Editorial: Rowdy student behavior on TCAT unacceptable

Editorial: Rowdy student behavior on TCAT unacceptable

March 22, 2017
The TCAT does not exist solely for the college — it is not a private transportation system meant to serve only its needs.
Bus passengers board the TCAT headed up to Ithaca College from The Commons. Rowdy student behavior has been observed at the Towers pickup location where Ithaca College has had to employ safety measures.

Rowdy student behavior cause new safety initiatives for TCAT

By Falyn Stempler, Staff Writer • March 21, 2017
This rowdiness, which had been occurring the past few months, led the college and the TCAT company to crack down through three new initiatives.
Proposed cuts to summer runs include Route 11, which services Ithaca College. According to TCAT, the last six weekday runs would be cut, meaning that the last bus would leave the Roy H. Park School of Communications stop at 8:40 p.m.

TCAT considers reducing summer runs due to staff shortage

By Michael Pyskaty, Staff Writer • March 30, 2016
The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Board of Directors is considering a plan to reduce service on certain bus routes over the summer, according to a press statement issued March 28.
Students board an outbound Route 11 TCAT bus at the Seneca Street Station the night of Feb. 6. Nancy Oltz, TCAT operations manager, said the company often brings on additional buses at peak times on Friday and Saturday nights to accomodate large amounts of student riders.

Ithaca College students max out TCAT buses on weekend nights

By Michael Pyskaty, Staff Writer • February 11, 2016
The bus pulls forward, and then the driver hits the brakes. The mass of students lurches forward. One man loses his balance and stumbles toward the driver. A woman repeatedly says “I’m not drunk! I’m just tired,” and then promptly tries to fall asleep standing up...

House bill could cause TCAT to lose $200,000 in funding

By Michael Pyskaty, Contributing Writer • November 11, 2015

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit could soon lose $200,000 of federal funding per year, based on a bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The long-term highway bill, the “DRIVE...

A private charter bus crashed at approximately 9 p.m. in Covington Township, Pennsylvania. Images taken at the scene of the accident indicate the bus was from the Big Red Bullet company.

New bus service runs nonstop from Ithaca to New York City

By Michael Pyskaty, Contributing Writer • October 7, 2015
A new bus service that runs nonstop from Ithaca to New York City is now operational. The Big Red Bullet is an alternative to other bus companies like Greyhound, Short Line, and Cornell University’s Campus-to-Campus bus.
Junior Joshua Enderle (pictured on the right in the red shirt) participated in a blockade in the middle of Washington, D.C., traffic May 26 to protest the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the projects it funds.

Q&A: Student participates in environmental activism

By Natalie Shanklin, Opinion Editor • September 9, 2015
I think we just need to make it a priority again, and I think now is the time to do it. Now is always the time to do stuff.
7 places to visit in Ithaca this weekend

7 places to visit in Ithaca this weekend

By Mary Ford, Life & Culture Editor • August 26, 2015
Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out some of the most popular spots on campus and in Ithaca.
Three people were injured when a TCAT bus crashed on campus Aug. 24.

UPDATED: Three injured in TCAT bus crash on Ithaca College campus

By Max Denning, Assistant News Editor • August 24, 2015
A TCAT bus was involved in a single vehicle accident on the Ithaca College campus.

College Briefing: Jan. 22

January 21, 2015
TCAT route adds new Circle Apartments stop, Professor receives grant to create Pakistani play, and more
Guest commentary: Cornells costs require additional payments

Guest commentary: Cornell’s costs require additional payments

By Jennifer Tennant • April 16, 2014

Currently, Cornell University and the City of Ithaca have a Memorandum of Understanding that Cornell will pay $1.25 million a year in voluntary payments. As the community pressures Cornell to increase...

TCAT to pilot hydrogen-powered bus in 2014

By Zach Ilnitzki, Contributing Writer • September 18, 2013
The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit bus company has received funding through the Federal Transit Administration to pilot a hydrogen-powered bus in 2014.
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