Resolution 2023-S4-3003
Library Shuttle Transportation Service
Chief Sponsor(s): Vice President Michael Fernandes, Representative Felix Giron, Representative
Veronica Dinh
WHEREAS, the “Library Shuttle” used to be a service offered to UIC students studying at UIC East
(Richard J. Daley Library) and West campus (Library of the Health Sciences) libraries, and
WHEREAS, this service was useful to students as the the shuttle would operate starting at 9pm - times
when the Night Ride does not operate and supports those studying late at the library until it closes, and
WHEREAS, this service was discontinued at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic but has not
restarted, and
WHEREAS, student safety is a top priority of the Undergraduate Student Government and walking
home in the dark can jeopardize this mission, then
LET IT BE RESOLVED, the Undergraduate Student Government urges Administrative Services to
reinstate this service on UIC’s East and West campus.
LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED, this change will promote student safety and better ensure students
studying late at night do not find themselves in dangerous situations.
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○ Questions/Discussion
■ Rep Irlbacker: Is there an estimate on how many riders would use this resource?
● VP Fernandes: We do not but we have heard that this is a valuable resource
students will use
■ Rep Cordova: How do students request this service?
● VP Fernandes: It operates in a 3 mile radius, starts at 9 PM and runs every 30
mins
USG
Spring Meeting IV
2/13/23
■ Chair Chaudhari: Have you considered night ride hours being pushed to start 9 PM
because introducing another service might confuse students
● VP Fernandes: This was a previous independent shuttle different from Night
Ride so this would not be something new but restarting
■ Rep Giron: We want to make sure students have safe transport at all times on campus and
this service would help
■ Chair Celestino: Night Ride is already backed up so unless transportation units increases
as well as service hours and drivers for Night Ride then they should remain separate
■ Chair Alvarez: We should focus on increasing Night Ride service rather than adding
another transportation service
■ Rep Dinh: I asked how we could improve the Night Ride app. They said they will invite
us with the app development team in June
■ Rep Giron: We had a meeting Friday to understand what was going on. Agreed that they
do not get a lot of feedback from students and expressed that 11PM-12am they are
overwhelmed with the amount of students requesting rides. Spoke about increasing hours
and opening at 10 as well as bettering their services and the dispatch center. Veronica is
leading that for the Campus Safety Commission
■ Rep Gohman: I work for campus housing and Night Ride has a terrible reputation and I
hear from students that it is horrible. Even extending hours people still might not use bc
of reputation so I’d rather have them be different entities
■ Rep Blin: If we have USG members working with administration, the admin knows best
about what plan would work best and I know that the Office of Transportation is
enthusiastic but what is USG going to do to ensure this happens?
● VP Fernandes: We are meeting with VC Coronado to say the student body wants
this to happen and we want this reinstated so we will have a dialogue
■ Rep Irlbacker Is there a service area or does it have a fixed route?
● VP Fernandes: Previously it was a 3 mile radius but would push that as far as we
can. This should be a separate entity because other buildings close and the
library could be a central meeting place for safe transportation
■ Rep Patel: This would also be beneficial during bad weather for students to get home as
well
■ Rep Giron: If we see students want this we can increase funding and shuttles
■ Chair Celestino: In your next meeting, play around with some reporting system for those
who are hosting later events with large influxes of students for Night Ride to be able to
accommodate that number of students because often the wait becomes over 40 mins and
the app says an average 10 minute wait which is not representative of the entire week.
Emailing them complaints directly makes students shy away so filling out a form about
issues would be better
■ Rep Dinh: There is a feedback section in Transloc but it is not very popular. If you have
feedback please come talk to me. I know that there are a lot of negative issues but I am
hoping I can work on practical things like the app
○ Voting next week