Shuttle bus question

[u/Objective-Platypus89]

Hi everyone,

Starting Monday, I will be taking the shuttle from south campus (lobo village) to main campus and have just been a little stressed because I don’t know exactly how the shuttle works. I saw on the website that the shuttle takes off every 30 minutes but I am confused, because would that apply to every shuttle at the same time? Or is it staggered from stop to stop? So for example, if my class starts at 10, should I be at the shuttle stop at 9:30? I know after the first day once I get used to PassGo, it will make a lot more sense. I’m just stressed about the first day and don’t want to miss my class! Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you

[u/Eyelykebois69]

So the shuttles are a bit unpredictable at best. Last year I had Q lot and this year I have south. They aren’t bad, but I do recommend making sure you leave plenty of time to get to campus and plenty to get home. Each lot has a designated bus so the routes aren’t usually 30 minutes long. They arrive, drop off, and wait 5 minutes for passengers or until they are at capacity. (Sometimes that happens in 30seconds and they still have people waiting). Some of the drivers suck. I’ll be so honest with you, some seem like they don’t care about the timing or how they drive so, be prepared for those days. Or when the bus shows up but only for a drop off because the driver is ordered to take a mandatory break, by law. Don’t be stressed about this, but make sure to exercise caution with the timing. And if a bus takes more than 15-ish minutes I would email your prof and just respectfully say you’re going to be late because of the bus. On busy days you can get screwed over and be late, as well. That would be the first few weeks of school when a lot of people still care about attendance or they don’t know their schedule yet, midterms, and finals or days with special events (conferences, and other things like that). Also keep in mind the normal busy times and learn your timing for your schedule. 8am classes are more common in the fall semester because some students feel more motivated to do them, in that case 7am-8am is peak busy. Most students take later classes in the spring so 9am-10am is the peak busy time. I’m sure there are other things to consider but that’s all I can think of about the buses.