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THE ITHACAN

From left, Junior Matthew Feiler, Hillel’s religious life co-chair; and Senior Rachel Steinmetz, president of Hillel, present Hillels proposed bill to the Student Governance Council. The bill, which focuses on holiday accommodations, was tabled at the Nov. 12 SGC meeting.

SGC discusses religious holidays bill and changes to TCAT route

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer November 13, 2018
The SGC tabled a bill proposal for Jewish holiday accommodations and hosted a Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit focus group at its Nov. 12 meeting.
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit is currently re-evaluating its services after a decrease in ridership on multiple routes, including Route 11. This evaluation may result in a reduced bus schedule for Route 11, one of two bus routes that has stops on Ithaca Colleges campus.

TCAT looks into reducing Route 11 services

By Cody Taylor, Contributing Writer November 7, 2018
Ithaca College students may see a decrease in Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Route 11 services as a result of decreased ridership on the route.
Editorial: Students must be better neighbors on South Hill

Editorial: Students must be better neighbors on South Hill

September 21, 2017
Students must be better neighbors to the residents of South Hill or else the community surrounding the college will continue to dissolve.
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.
Tim Conners, senator for the Class of 2017, proposed the Tobacco Free IC bill at the Student Government Associations May 2 meeting. The senate also passed four other bills at the meeting, marking the highest number of bills passed at a meeting this semester.

Ithaca College SGA passes five bills at final meeting

By Justin Henry, Staff Writer May 4, 2016
The Ithaca College Student Government Association Senate passed a wide-reaching set of five bills at its final meeting May 2, marking the highest number of bills passed at a meeting this semester.
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...
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.
Ithaca Colleges Climate Action Plan goals for 2015.

Ithaca College’s greenhouse gas emissions increase

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer March 18, 2015
Despite Ithaca College’s goal to decrease total emissions by 25 percent from 2007, records show emissions have actually increased.

Ithaca reacts to pedestrians killed in vehicle accidents

By Max Denning, Online News Editor January 28, 2015
A Cornell staff member was hit by a TCAT bus on Jan. 26, on the heels of a Cornell senior being hit and killed by a car in the early morning of Jan. 24.

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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