CityBus provides free bus
service
By Heather Holman
Summer
Reporter
New students may be relieved to know that they won't
have to walk all over the city to get to where they need to be.
CityBus, a system of buses that travel around the
West Lafayette and Lafayette area, is free to all Purdue students.
"(CityBus) is very easy to use," said Michael Kuzmich,
manager of development for CityBus. "All you need to do is take your ID
with you."
There are several different campus routes, called
loops and shuttles that travel through campus. The Gold, Silver, Bronze
and Black loops, Tower Acre and Rose-Ade shuttles take students to University
buildings, University residences and other places around the Purdue campus.
These routes are in service during the fall and spring
semesters. The campus routes do not run in the summer sessions because
there are not enough riders who use the services on campus.
Students are not limited to only campus destinations.
Kuzmich said that CityBus gets people where they need to be.
People can take buses to the Tippecanoe Mall, Wal-Mart,
movie theaters, Meijer and many other places off campus.
Buses generally begin the day at 6:15 a.m. Campus
buses start at 7 a.m. and services continue until 6 p.m. There is also
a bus loop that travels until 12 a.m. through the week.
The buses run every 10 minutes on weekdays. On the
weekends there is a bus that runs until 3 a.m. called the Night Rider.
All of the CityBus routes are free to Purdue students
if they show the driver their student IDs.
Kuzmich said CityBus is very beneficial to students.
Students do not have to worry about parking passes, finding a parking
spot or getting a parking ticket.
"Students have plenty of other things to worry about,"
Kuzmich said. "(CityBus) makes college life easier."
CityBus will be available to answer any questions
during the Days on Campus. They will be located outside of the Card Services
Office located in the Purdue Memorial Union, where students will be receiving
their student IDs.
Kuzmich said they will be distributing maps, schedules
and brochures at their table. There will also be information in all the
University Residences and in the Visitor Information Center.
For more information call 742-RIDE or visit www.gocitybus.com.
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