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Campus Connector increases student safety
ISSUE: Bus transportation.
BACKGROUND: University of Minnesota students in the leadership
minor wanted to expand the hours of bus transportation for
students who needed to get across a long bridge after regular
bus hours because students did not feel safe crossing it alone
at night. This bridge connects the campus with a neighborhood
where many students live.
PROJECT STEPS
- Mapped stakeholders to identify who is affected and
who to contact for interviews
- Researched issue by conducting
interviews, examining mission of University bus and transportation
department, assessed number of students using bridge after
dark, talked to other groups interested in the same issue (Minnesota
Student
Association), created and conducted survey which had to go through
a lengthy review process (Institutional Review Board)
- Met with
the head of transportation at the University and learned
about other transportation options available to students (via
city buses)
RESULTS: The PA
group did not get the University bus hours extended, but they did learn that
there were other options for student transportation, namely,
the city bus. They believe that students don’t really know or understand
they can use this bus so they advocated more public advertising of this option. |
