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Campus may be new hub for city transportation
Jeselyn Jackson
Issue date: 12/6/07 Section: News
A new transportation hub in Murfreesboro may be located at MTSU. According to a news release from Representative Bart Gordon, the U.S. House approved $200,000 in funding for the prospective hub, which would make public transportation more convenient for students.
Murfreesboro currently has three forms of public transportation: Rover, Relax and Ride and Raider Xpress.
Rover's current center is at the corner of Walnut Street and West Burton Street and currently circulates every 30 minutes with six different routes.
Relax and Ride, established in 1996, transports people from Rutherford County to Nashville.
Raider Xpress runs Monday through Friday and the routes are only on and around the MTSU campus.
The proposed hub would incorporate all three systems, but currently Raider Xpress is the most widely used by students.
"I think that the new hub being built is going to be very convenient, especially with our crazy parking issue," said Vatreshia Cox, sophomore education and behavioral science major. "If you have to park far away or on the outskirts of campus you're able to just find which route runs in that direction. It's usually the red raider express that runs on the outskirts of campus."
The Relax and Ride accommodates commuting students coming from other counties for classes but it doesn't run throughout
campus.
Murfreesboro currently has three forms of public transportation: Rover, Relax and Ride and Raider Xpress.
Rover's current center is at the corner of Walnut Street and West Burton Street and currently circulates every 30 minutes with six different routes.
Relax and Ride, established in 1996, transports people from Rutherford County to Nashville.
Raider Xpress runs Monday through Friday and the routes are only on and around the MTSU campus.
The proposed hub would incorporate all three systems, but currently Raider Xpress is the most widely used by students.
"I think that the new hub being built is going to be very convenient, especially with our crazy parking issue," said Vatreshia Cox, sophomore education and behavioral science major. "If you have to park far away or on the outskirts of campus you're able to just find which route runs in that direction. It's usually the red raider express that runs on the outskirts of campus."
The Relax and Ride accommodates commuting students coming from other counties for classes but it doesn't run throughout
campus.
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