A free park-and-ride shuttle service will return to Washtenaw Community College this fall to accommodate the parking needs of the exploding student population.
Plans for a parking garage are in the works, but in the meantime, students will again have the option of parking near Eastern Michigan University’s Rynearson Stadium starting Aug. 30 to catch a shuttle to campus. WCC first rented the lot and contracted with a shuttle service last school year.
Parking at WCC is a problem at the start of each new semester.
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The college has arranged for two shuttle buses to pick up and drop off students every 15 minutes between 6:45 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. between the WCC Student Center and the bus shelter in the Rynearson lot, said Steven Hardy, vice president for administration and finance.
The WCC Board of Trustees on Tuesday agreed to rent 900 parking spaces from EMU and authorized a contract with Golden Limousine for two mini shuttle buses.
The service will likely run for 10 weeks of the semester - the school’s busiest time when parking in campus lots is scarce. It will also run this winter, Hardy said. Each contract has an option to expand the service to 15 weeks if necessary.
For 10 weeks, the service would cost WCC a combined $75,000, while for 15, it would be $119,000.
Juliana Keeping is a higher education reporter for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at julianakeeping@annarbor.com or 734-623-2528. Follow Juliana Keeping on Twitter
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