Nearly 400 students rode the free “Chicago Express” Saturday shuttle during its inaugural two weekends, an Associated Student Government official said Wednesday.
ASG External Relations Chair Samir Pendse said that 215 passengers used the new service on its opening day on Oct. 11, and 163 used it the next weekend.
Pendse called the numbers the “as good as you could have hoped,” and noted that all the seats were taken on the first shuttle he rode.
The pilot program has funding for the rest of fall quarter. Shuttles will run to downtown Chicago locations every Saturday in October and November, after which point the university will decide whether or not the it’ll be funded further. A University Services official wasn’t available for comment late this evening.
The university first approved the service in April after the Undergraduate Budget Priorities Committee proposed it.