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LTD will eliminate Saturday services provided by The Breeze, the shuttle that takes
passengers to Valley River Center, in September.
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and will compensate for the loss.
"(The Breeze) is a really nice service
because you don't have to transfer, but
we have a lot of bus service on Satur
days that students can ride and then
transfer," Vobora said.
Route 77, which runs between the
University and Eugene Station, will be
eliminated as well.
"We put (Route 77) in as kind of a
helper between the two stations. It
* was just off the main pulse of activity
enough that it never really picked up
in terms of ridership. I feel there's
enough capacity on other routes to
pick up the slack," Vobora said.
Vobora said Route 36 service be
tween the two stations will also be
cut, although he indicated that No. 36
buses will turn into No. 11 buses at
Eugene Station to provide riders with
an easy return to the University.
Route 79 service to Gateway Mall
will be reduced to one-hour intervals
after the 6:00 p.m. departure from the
University.
Fare changes include eliminating
the Lane Community College FastPass
and token sales to the public, as well
as increasing Breeze fares to 50 cents.
Janis Sellers, an interpreter for the
University, said she rides the bus to
and from work on a daily basis.
"It's much easier than finding park
ing around here," Sellers said.
Although the routes Sellers uses
won't be affected by the cuts, she said
she expects the reductions to "have a
~ big impact" on students who live in
outlying areas, such as along Route 79
to Gateway.
>. Senior Erin Hargraves said the
reductions will "make a big differ
ence" in passengers' daily schedules,
indicating that the elimination of Sat
urday's Breeze service is particularly
inconvenient.
"There are a limited amount of bus
es that are even coming through (the
University) on weekends, so it will
make a big difference," she said.
Fifth-year music major Brian Silva,
who rides the bus daily, said he is gen
erally satisfied with the services pro
vided by LTD.
"It runs well, but more frequent runs
would always be convenient * he said.
Vobora said students will not be ad
versely affected by the cuts.
"It will take a little bit of adjusting,
but for the most part I don't think UO
riders will see much difference in their
services," he said. "I think we've done
a pretty good job trying to preserve all
the direct UO services."
He added that LTD wants to engage
more student participation in com
munity discussions about future cuts.
"We want to have good discussions
with the UO community on these
things if we have to go deeper next
year," Vobora said.
LTD officials will monitor ridership
after the reductions and fare changes
take effect. If passengers ride less fre
quently or change their pass-buying
habits differently than anticipated,
additional measures might be taken
to raise revenue, Vobora said.
"If (the budget factors) all go our way
and the economy starts to grow, things
should stabilize," he said. "If they don't,
we won't see the amount of revenue we
expect and we'll be back (to cutting)."
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