{"id":14383,"date":"2010-05-07t02:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-07t02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/oxford-university-transit-2\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28t18:46:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28t18:46:40","slug":"oxford-university-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/oxford-university-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"oxford-university transit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">recent changes in one of oxford\u2019s public transportation systems could help keep it running for years to come.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">the system, named the oxford-university transit system, serves students at the university of mississippi and oxford residents by offering low-cost public transportation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">the system drew concern from some in local government due to its dwindling ridership. many were concerned about whether the system could sustain itself much longer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">an expansion of the system seems to have helped these concerns. jack howard, chairman of the out commission, says that the addition of new routes targeting off-campus students helps to increase usage of the system.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">\u201cwe\u2019ve targeted the expansion to off-campus student housing for ole miss,\u201d said howard.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">howard also noted that since the system was implemented in january, the system has seen a significant increase in ridership.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">\u201cwe\u2019ve enjoyed the ridership increase that we projected and wanted to see,\u201d howard said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">howard also hopes that the expansion will encourage students to use the system to get around oxford. he noted that routes going to and from anderson road, old taylor road and wal-mart.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">shannon richardson, out commission board member, says that any additional routes will largely depend on funding and must consider not just the students of ole miss.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">\u201cit is a federally funded program,\u201d richardson said. \u201cwe have to look at the entire oxford population, not just the university since it is a partnership.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">ole miss students are currently allowed to ride the out buses free of charge, provided they display their student id cards. some have concerns that charges may be incurred on them if the out commission should decide to raise bus fares.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">andrew scott, a senior journalism major, says that he hopes that the commission will keep the students in mind when making any changes to the system.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">\u201ci think that it will work as long as it\u2019s an affordable price for students and if out does its research and finds a way to market a new system,\u201d scott said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">with an increase in ridership comes a need for more room to fit the added passengers. howard says that the commission hopes to add newer, larger buses to the system in order to better serve the larger routes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">\u201cthe increased sizes of the buses are for future growth of those routes, particularly,\u201d howard said. \u201cwe\u2019ll put the larger passenger buses on the routes that need them.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri;\">more information on the oxford-university transit system can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordms.net\">www.oxfordms.net<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>recent changes in one of oxford\u2019s public transportation systems could help keep it running for years to come. the system, named the oxford-university transit system, serves students at the university of mississippi and oxford residents by offering low-cost public transportation. the system drew concern from some in local government due to its dwindling ridership. many&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8551,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4894,4900,4895],"tags":[1018,110,1141,758,662,111],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-14383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-efficiency","category-green-living","category-transportation","tag-bus","tag-ole-miss","tag-oxford-university-transit","tag-students","tag-transportation","tag-university-of-mississippi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>oxford-university transit - planet forward<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/oxford-university-transit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"oxford-university transit - planet forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"recent changes in one of oxford\u2019s public transportation systems could help keep it running for years to come. the system, named the oxford-university transit system, serves students at the university of mississippi and oxford residents by offering low-cost public transportation. the system drew concern from some in local government due to its dwindling ridership. many...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/oxford-university-transit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"planet forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/planetforward.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-05-07t02:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-28t18:46:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"patrick smith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@planet_forward\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@planet_forward\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"patrick smith\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"article\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/oxford-university-transit\/#article\",\"ispartof\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/oxford-university-transit\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"patrick smith\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3e9c0eaf61dd36530479c2ae0b78d5dd\"},\"headline\":\"oxford-university transit\",\"datepublished\":\"2010-05-07t02:30:00+00:00\",\"datemodified\":\"2023-02-28t18:46:40+00:00\",\"mainentityofpage\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/oxford-university-transit\/\"},\"wordcount\":418,\"commentcount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"bus\",\"ole miss\",\"oxford university transit\",\"students\",\"transportation\",\"university of mississippi\"],\"articlesection\":[\"efficiency\",\"克罗地亚vs加拿大让球
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