Everyone can use an extra $100. Here’s your chance to win a $100 Walmart gift card and help out the Clemson community. Your input is needed to help shape the future of Clemson Area Transit (CAT).
CAT is undergoing a “re-imagining” study to revamp and improve its fare-free bus services. Part of that study involves community feedback, which organizers say should come from both riders and non-riders. Survey questions allow participants to address where CAT services are succeeding as well as opportunities for improvement.
The 10-minute survey is a product of graduate students in Dr. Eric Morris’ Public Transportation class. Morris, a city and regional planning faculty member, says the class will provide practical experience to his students as they help CAT and its transportation consulting firm, Dan Boyle and Associates, to objectively determine how CAT interacts with the university and to determine how it could enhance its service.
Organizers say that all aspects of the bus service and new technologies are “on the table.” In fact, the team seeks to “re-imagine” how it might design the best possible system from the ground up.
“Even if you are not a current rider, you should take the survey,” said Morris. “Potential new customers are just as important as current riders because of the way the bus system impacts campus parking, traffic congestion, accessibility, student fees, and much else.”
In addition to their involvement in the survey, students from Morris’ Public Transportation class will hold a public meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 12 at the Hendrix Center Ballroom A. At the drop-in event, guests will get a chance to hear more about the project and discuss CAT service and campus transportation issues with study representatives. Refreshments and giveaways will be available.
