City
TCAT Service Cuts Have Caused Lasting Trouble for Cornell Community and Ithaca Residents
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Regular bus passengers of TCAT, including many Cornellians, have expressed frustration over recent service cuts and delays.
City
Cornell Declines Eight Percent Increase in TCAT Funding, Agrees to Five Percent Increase
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TCAT reached a consensus with Cornell, the city of Ithaca and Tompkins County on respective five percent funding increases.
Bus
VALDETARO | The Mandate We Really Should Be Ending
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A set of policies which all but requires people to have their own personal vehicle in order to meet their basic needs, the driving mandate isn’t stated explicitly anywhere. Despite this, if you need a car to get groceries, go to medical appointments, commute to work or school or spend time with friends and family in a reasonable manner, you too are under the despotic rule of the driving mandate.
TCAT
TCAT Seeks to Expand Ridership Amid COVID Concerns
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TCAT adapts with limited routes and mask mandates, hoping to increase ridership as the pandemic continues.
Airport
Before Classes Were Cancelled, Cornellians Attempted to Return to Ithaca at All Costs
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Zhang was one of many students who took to social media to recount their troubles with traveling back to Ithaca on Sunday. The snowstorm, which started Sunday and continued into Monday, dropped nearly a foot of snow in Ithaca.
Bus
Coach USA Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Cornell Satire Publication CU Nooz Over ‘Fake News’ Article
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Coach USA, the parent company of the Shortline bus service whose routes routinely ferry Cornell students in and out of Ithaca, sent a cease and desist letter to on-campus satire publication CU Nooz about an online piece that poked fun at fall break travel times.
unconscious biases
Bus in Arts Quad Reminds Students to Check Their Blindspots, Unconscious Biases
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“The main goal is to really educate people on unconscious bias, the way all we make snap judgments on the way people look and sound,” tour coordinator Anthony Petrowski told The Sun.
TCAT
TCAT Approves Plan to Eliminate Geography Based Fees
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On Thursday, Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Board of Directors approved a plan to eliminate its two-tiered price system that charges more for rides outside the greater Ithaca area.
Bus
OurBus Unable to Renew Permit to Board on Green Street, Sues City of Ithaca
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Students who travel with OurBus in and out of Ithaca might no longer be able to do so after May 15, when OurBus’s permit to use the Green Street bus terminal will expire.
Bus
TCAT Readies to Handle Winter Storm Conditions
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With winding roads and slippery slopes on campus, Ithaca street conditions can become increasingly risky in the winter. When it’s difficult for students to drive — or even “penguin walk” — to class, the TCAT buses try to take extra precautions to ensure passenger safety.