Transportation Initiative

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Transportation InitiativeNovember 17, 2011Presentation by Student Government President- Xavier Johnson

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Proposal Assumptions

• Consultative • Comprehensive • Strategic • Open and

Transparent • Frugal

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Consultative

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• Implemented this Semester through Student Affairs and Student Government

• Designed to get feedback on what has led to students’ academic success

• Designed to get feedback on what has been an obstacle to students’ academic success

Consultative: UTSA Listens Program

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Consultative: UTSA Listens Program

• Getting to campus can be a major obstacle– 93/94 Bus Route Removal has become a barrier to

many downtown campus students– Time spent finding parking spaces negatively

impacting time spent in classroom

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Consultative: Transportation Surveys

• 2,834 Students Responded to Survey• 1,634 Students who responded that they ride

the UTSA Shuttles

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Consultative: Transportation Surveys

• Have you ever had to wait for another shuttle bus due to your bus being filled to capacity?– 1,238 answered yes– 76.1% of students riding the shuttles

• Have you ever been delayed to a class waiting for another bus due to your scheduled bus being filled to capacity?– 1,016 answered yes– 62.5% of students riding the shuttles

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Comprehensive

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Comprehensive: Transportations Effect on Education

• Provides access to the UTSA campus

• Provides access supplemental educational programs (i.e. Thomas Rivera Center, Supplemental Instruction)

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Comprehensive: Transportations Effect on Education

• This committee needs a well rounded approach to increasing graduation and retention rates– To get UTSA’s 4 year graduation rate to 25% by 2021

we will need to re-evaluate all possible alternatives– Transportation is a piece of the broader puzzle for

improving graduation rates

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Open and Transparent

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Open and Transparent

• Student Government Sponsored a Student Transportation Referendum

• 65% of Students in Favor• About 1200 students voting

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Open and Transparent

Student Referendum for Transportation

$40 – 2012/2013 Fall, Spring, and Summer$42 – 2014/2015$44 – 2016/2017

(Fee currently at $20/semester)

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Frugal

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Frugal

• The UTSA Shuttle system helps to keep the costs of education low– Parking permit price: about $130 for surface spaces– Garage permit price: over $600 per permit

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Frugal: Transportation Fee Cost Comparison

• UT-Austin: $156 per year (≈ 50,000 Students)• Texas State University: $195 (≈ 32,572 Students)• Texas A&M: $210 per year (≈49,000 Students)