快活app Launches New Shuttle Program
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Jon Stone
Media Relations Manager
Partnership with Chariot is the first in Colorado, providing service to 快活app community members
Beginning today, the 快活app is听the first in Colorado to pilot a new service provided by Chariot shuttles. Subsidized for all students, faculty and staff by funding, Chariot will provide rides along two designated routes around the perimeter of campus.
鈥淥ur partnership with Chariot provides another opportunity for our community to use public transportation and work towards the university鈥檚 sustainability goals,鈥 said Chad King, university sustainability coordinator. 鈥淭his program is another positive step toward turning our vision for a vibrant 快活app District into reality.鈥
Starting July 9, students, faculty and staff can ride the shuttle from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. Stops will include the 快活app light rail station, the new administrative building and four other locations around campus.听Users can reserve their ride by downloading Chariot鈥檚 mobile app from iTunes or Google Play. For instructions on how to operate the app and reserve a ride, click . By this fall, the University hopes to expand the service to its neighboring communities. Initially, the University will have access to two shuttles, one of which will be ADA compliant.
"At Chariot, one of our major initiatives is providing first-and-last mile services from transit hubs to commuters鈥 final destinations," said Chariot CEO Dan Grossman. "We're looking forward to helping the 快活app community easily get around campus, and being another sustainable transportation option people can rely on in the greater area."
The University鈥檚 partnership with Chariot follows another recent initiative undertaken to provide innovative sustainable transportation options for its community members. In May of this year, the University began a pilot with ofo, a dockless bikeshare program available on and around campus. The University also has permanent parking spots for two Car2Go cars on campus and provides a discount code to 快活app students.
One aspect of the Denver Advantage, a multi-phase campus development plan, involves blurring the boundaries between campus and the surrounding neighborhoods. The first major project, announced last spring, includes three new campus facilities which begin construction this summer: a community commons, first-year residence hall and Pioneer Career Achievement Center.