Cal Poly added a second Mustang Shuttle route during the day that goes in the opposite direction of the other daytime shuttle.
This addition means that two shuttles will run during the day and two will run in the evening. During both times, the two shuttles will run in the opposite direction, differing from last year when the two evening shuttles ran in the same direction.
“We had feedback that sometimes people didn’t want to get on the shuttle because the stop they were going to would be at the “end” of the route, so now you can go on the shuttle that’s going in the opposite direction to make it more efficient,” University Spokesperson Keegan Koberl wrote in an email to Mustang News.
The Mustang Shuttle runs from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the day and 7 p.m., to 12:30 a.m. in the evening. The daytime shuttles run Monday through Friday and the evening shuttles run every day.
The Mustang Shuttle takes students to different places around campus including Poly Canyon Village, Cerro Vista, the Performing Arts Center and the Mathematics and Science Building. The daytime shuttle has a wider route than the evening route; which goes outside the campus core including stops like the Poultry Science Instructional Center and Cal Poly Creamery.
Civil engineering sophomore Jocelyn Hernandez said the opposite running buses are good because students do not have to wait the whole time to go all the way to the place students want.
“It makes it easier to go to the places I want to go,” Hernandez said.
This new route will add a daytime stop at Cerro Vista, a stop that was previously not served during the day, Koberl said.
Students have to show their Cal Poly ID when boarding, according to the Cal Poly Transportation and Parking Services website. The Mustang Shuttle has an app available on the App Store and Google Play.
Animal science sophomore Lizbeth Ortiz said that this change is great because there are a lot of students. Ortiz used the shuttle quite often last year to go up to the meat processing center.
“I think that since we all have different class schedules and sometimes it’s hard getting from one place to another on campus, so I think having two buses is definitely a great help,” Ortiz said.
When the two evening shuttles ran in the same direction, they would sometimes catch up to each other, Koberl wrote in an email to Mustang News.
Environmental management and protection sophomore Audrey Martinez lives in Poly Canyon Village and said that her classes are further than when she lived in the yakʔitʸutʸu dorms so it is nice to be able to take the bus around.
“I think it’s very helpful for people that need it during the day,” Martinez said.
