Going to CCBC
Shuttle to actually go into CCBC... Please PAW!!
posted over 11 years ago
Is there anyway the UMBC shuttle can go into CCBC's campus to drop us off and pick us up? It would be easy enough. On the northern route(stop 6) before you get to campus drive there is a turn off for Collegiate Avenue. If the shuttle were to take that into campus, go straight across Campus Drive to the Y Building there is a shuttle/taxi drop off loop. It would spit the bus back off to campus drive where they would stay to the right which would take them back down to rolling road and make the left to continue the route. The opposite on the way back.
Does that make sense? It wouldn't really add much time to the schedule. Also, where the shuttle drops off right now, it is a really dangerous intersection. Having to cross that road is really hard. But even with out that, having to walk down the hill only to walk up the steepest hill in Catonsville (it actually is written somewhere) with a side walk only halfway, is just ridiculous not to mention unsafe. The sidewalk only takes you halfway up Campus drive to the main circle where the visitors map is. There is a trail that leads around the ring of the campus but it doesn't go up the hill, just around and is unpaved. It never actually gets you to the campus... you end up in the woods by 195/Rolling road if you take the trail all the way.
I really hope you would consider this. It would be awesome especially since parking is worse there than it is here... I have included a website which is the CCBC campus map. You can even see on the map where the road gets smaller on the main entrance... that is where the sidewalk stops. You can also clearly see the side entrance from Collegiate on the left and the Y building loop.
**Edit: People are assuming that I am lazy or can't handle the heat... The fact is I have a medical condition that makes it very hard for me to breathe in the humid weather. I can walk the hill it just takes three times as long as a person without my condition. I am not lazy, in fact I am a very hard worker. This is a serious request. I worded it the way I did(not mentioning my condition) because I have spoken to a few other friends of mine who also take classes at CCBC and they have agreed it would be of great benefit for the shuttle to go up that hill onto the actual campus and they don't have any condition that would preclude them from ascending the hill. I thought others would agree not start throwing around immature insults. Please only comment if you have a VALID reason this should either happen or not happen. I pay my fees just like the next person and I would like to be able to truly utilize the UMBC transit system.
(edited over 11 years ago)
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I completely agree with this! It is a terrible spot to be dropped off at. The walk to CCBC is not safe at all and it is really inconvenient. It has nothing to do with being lazy. The hill is really steap and out of the way. I think CCBC needs to consider how people walk onto the campus as well. They haven't made it safe for anyone. The shuttle could easily drop you off directly on the campus pretty quickly. Hopefully UMBC will consider this.