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On this page (in order):

• New this Semester! Shuttle and Transit Program!
• Make a personal pledge today!
• Free Bus Passes Using Your CSUMB ID Card
• New Otter Ride share Board
   

Shuttle and Transit Program

The new shuttle services Main Campus, every 8 minutes. Get the map here!

What's the buzz about the new shuttle program? The new shuttle is the Otter Trolley that circulates main campus from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm every 8 minutes starting August 22nd. The new trolleys will be able to hold more people, including bikes, skateboards, surfboards, wheelchairs, and all your backpack supplies too. Look for an Otter Trolley sign to catch the new campus shuttle.

Info brochures with the shuttle, Line 16 and Line 25 are available around campus, and online by clicking here. Note: revised CSUMB/MST Rider's Guide will be available in September to reflect the MST Sept. 17 service changes.
EAST CAMPUS Residents

For those of you who live on East Campus, please use MST Line 25 and 16 to get to campus and back between 6:40 a.m. and 10:30 p.m., and special late night service on Friday and Saturday. Service is provided twice per hour in each direction. East Campus stops include:

EAST CAMPUS BUS STOPS

MST Lines 16 and 25 stop throughout East Campus at these 9 locations:

• Abrams Drive near Schoonover
• Manassas Drive near Gettysburg
• Manassas Drive near Antietam
• Bunker Hill Drive near Yorktown
• Bunker Hill Drive near Trenton
• Schoonover Drive near White*
• Schoonover Drive near Holovits
• Schoonover Drive near Bundage
• Schoonover Drive near Patch

*This stop is identified in the MST Rider’s Guide as “Schoonover Park”

Late night service 'til 2 AM

MST Line 16 will be operating until 2:00 am on Friday and Saturday nights. That means you can get to downtown Monterey, as well as Del Monte Shopping Center/Century Theaters, and back to CSUMB on MST for your weekend late-night socializing.

UPASS

All students, staff and faculty will have free, unlimited access to Monterey-Salinas Transit. This means you can get anywhere from Paso Robles to San Jose CalTrain station, and anywhere in between, for FREE.

Pledge today, and be hot, rich and smart tomorrow!

Get involved without leaving your chair, without attending a single meeting, and without fielding a stream of emails.

Join the entire campus in pledging your EcoTrips to save money and travel wisely. The more you EcoTrip, both you and the planet will be healthier!

Go to CSUMB.EDU/myecotrip to pledge now!

Convenience, savings in 2011 with
FREE unlimited bus rides!

More convenient than ever before! No need for cash, no need for exact change. Your CSUMB Otter ID card gives you free unlimited access on all Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) regular bus routes anywhere they pick up and go. Just flash your ID card to the bus driver and take a seat. It’s that easy.

Otter Rideshare Board (ORB)

The Otter Rideshare Board (ORB) is available to Otters, located front and center inside the student center entrance, right after the sliding glass doors. The ORB is impossible to miss.

Whether going to a concert, camping, or heading out of town, check the orb for sharing or offering a ride. The ORB is a place for otters to find or offer one-time or long term carpools by writing requested rides or offered rides along with contact info. You could also just check out the board and call anyone heading in the same direction as you, or find an opportunity to go somewhere you didn’t know about before. If you post a ride offer, you could ask for gas money in return for the ride, and vice versa for requesting a ride.

To post a ride, follow the directions on the blue paper next to the board. The process of filling in a section to offer or request a ride is very self-explanatory, and there are directions on the board. Just remember to use a dry erase marker, which can be borrowed from the student center desk. The dry erase aspect makes it very easy to erase outdated ride posts and save paper. Make sure to take advantage of the rideshare board, especially with the holidays coming up. You could get a ride home for thanksgiving without having to drive your own car, or get gas money for your long haul home from someone needing a ride in that direction!

Wise Trippers...

  Let us know if there's something you're looking for that's not here. There's a half dozen ways to get to class, and the most expensive one for you and the planet is a personal vehicle.

"A solo commuter switching his or her commute to existing public transportation on a single day every week can reduce CO2 emissions by 20 pounds or more than 4,800 pounds in a year..." MST Website, Jan. 2010.