A rideshare program established to help ease parking overcrowding at Cal State Long Beach may continue operation next year.
According to a Daily Forty-Niner article by Robert Grimmick, CSULB officials and representatives from Long Beach Transit are negotiating a new contract to renew the U-PASS program.
The program allows students, staff and faculty members to ride Long Beach Transit buses for free. Also, the current contract for the U-PASS expires in May.
Parking and Transportation Services Rideshare Coordinator Elissa Thomas — who is involved in negotiating a new deal at The Beach — said she expected to renew the partnership.
Now, U-PASS may be free for students, staff and faculty, but the program has its costs.
Mark Rudometkin, interim general manager of Parking and Transportation Services (PTS), told the Daily Forty-Niner that the off-campus shuttle service will not be in operation after this semester.
Rudometkin also told the Forty-Niner that have two services follow the same route couldn't be justified under the current budget.
In addition, Thomas told the Forty-Niner that next year's U-PASS system is expected to cost approximately $1,200 per weekday during the fall and spring semesters, and $250 for summer weekdays.
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