Starting Saturday and continuing every Saturday of the fall semester (except Thanksgiving weekend), the Blugold Saturday Night Shuttle will provide students free transportation to Eau Claire shopping and entertainment districts.
The shuttle, which will run from 6 p.m. Saturday until 2 a.m. Sunday, will include pickup and drop-off stops who live both on and off campus. The shuttle schedule, which may change as the program progresses during the semester, is available online.
The Blugold Saturday Night Shuttle is a pilot program supported by the UW-Eau Claire Student Senate, with initial funding for the first four weeks from a state Department of Transportation grant. The idea came from Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich's Alcohol Safety Team.
"Many of our students are looking for access to the many entertainment options in the community, and we think the shuttle will be a great service to them," said Jennifer Lee, co-chair of UW-Eau Claire's Alcohol Safety Team.
Alcohol will not be allowed on the shuttle, and passengers who are visibly under the influence of alcohol may be refused service, Lee said.
For more information, contact Jennifer Lee at 715-456-4567 or leejs@uwec.edu, Matt Winarski at 901-581-1137 or winarsmp@uwec.edu, or Phil Rynish at 920-595-0443 or rynishpp@uwec.edu.
eau594 posted at 8:49 pm on Fri, Sep 2, 2011.
So if this service is for movies and the mall but has nothing to do with drinking why is it picking up on Water St. at 1:30am. I am very much a supporter of the Blue bus that you have about and it has got me home safe lots of nights. It also has taken me to the mall and other places in Eau Claire for a lot less then any other taxi........ Why does the UWEC not support the Blue Bus.
mpw890 posted at 2:23 pm on Fri, Sep 2, 2011.
In response to the Executive Smoker.
The Shuttle service will be fairly crowded, because it has been publicized heavily on campus in the res halls. And This is not the Blue bus; the shuttle service is for students who are looking to go places like the movies, the mall, to local restaurants, etc. It is something our students have been asking for, and we anticipate heavy usage.
Executive Smoker posted at 1:40 pm on Fri, Sep 2, 2011.
"passengers who are visibly under the influence of alcohol may be refused service"
1. Then the bus will not be crowded.
2. Aren't those the students who most need the ride to keep them from trying to swim the river, wandering into the wrong house, or passing out in a snowbank?