CAMBUS-TRANSIT AT THE U OF IOWA

CAMBUS IS A SHUTTLE BUS SYSTEM PROVIDING INTRA-CAMPUS TRANSPORTATION, SERVICE FROM PERIPHERAL PARKING FACILITIES, AND TRANSPORTATION FROM DORMS TO THE MAIN CAMPUS FOR THE 20,000 STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IN IOWA CITY. EXCEPT FOR SOME MAINTENANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION, THE SYSTEM IS WHOLLY RUN BY STUDENTS. IT IS FINANCED THROUGH STUDENT FEES, RE-ALLOCATED FROM OTHER AREAS, AND SOME FEDERAL FUNDS. THE SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE WORKING SATISFACTORILY.

• Publication Date: 1973-5

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 20-1
• Serial:
  • Metropolitan
  • Volume: 69
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Economics; Maintenance; Shuttle service; Universities and colleges
• Subject Areas: Economics; Education and Training; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226726
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1973 12:00AM