During the Student Government Association’s (SGA) Senate meeting on September 9th, Jeff Blythe, Associate Vice President of Auxiliary Services, addressed parking concerns brought forth by students.
To begin with, he mentioned a new technology that his team planned to implement that would allow students to see the number of parking spots available before they pull in. This technology is a form of ‘smart lighting’ similar to the ones you see in parking garages. Similarly, he plans to increase the signage for zones to decrease confusion about where the zones cover.
Blythe addressed the issues students face with campus transit.
Students in Freedom’s Landing had previously filed complaints about catching the campus buses, as no stop was close enough.
To solve this problem, Blythe discussed creating a stop in front of Freedom’s Landing as a part of the Gold route where students could park at the Gold Lot at Paulson Stadium and catch the buses on Maleki Drive, or walk over to Freedom’s Landing.
Previously covered by the George Anne, students were delayed in traveling between campuses due to the number of riders and the times of the Intercampus shuttles.
Blythe explained that the shuttle ridership increased, due to the rise in upper-class Armstrong students taking major-level courses on the Statesboro campus, compared to the previous spring semester.
He stated that Auxiliary Services plans to increase the number of intercampus shuttles. Blythe is confident that no student will ever be left behind again.
Blythe says, “We do not have a plan if you’re left behind. We do not think you will be left behind because of our increased …shuttles on that campus [Armstrong], because we’ve got two now again, at 7:45 and 5:15 from Statesboro. If you are left behind–if you were one of those students that were left behind on those two days–we apologize for that.”
Blythe also discussed creating an Auxiliary-Student Task Force that is responsible for representing students with issues within Auxiliary Services and working on those problems.
INTERCAMPUS SHUTTLE TIMES
LEAVING STATESBORO:
– 6:15 am, 9:15 am, 2:15 pm, and two shuttles leave at 5:15 pm.
LEAVING ARMSTRONG:
– Two shuttles at 7:45 am, 10:45 am, 3:45 pm, and 6:45 pm.