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TCAT Brings Increased Services, New Fare Collection System for Fall 2023
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Fall 2023 TCAT services will include increased routes and a new fare collection system.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/tcat-delays/)
Fall 2023 TCAT services will include increased routes and a new fare collection system.
Regular bus passengers of TCAT, including many Cornellians, have expressed frustration over recent service cuts and delays.
After hiring freezes and funding cuts brought on by the pandemic, the TCAT is training new drivers and readjusting bus routes as ridership climbs to near pre-pandemic levels.
General Manager Scot Vanderpool said that TCAT’s “peak service in the summer is three or four buses less than it would be in the fall when Cornell and Ithaca College are in session.”
Aging fleet, maintenance staff turnover and state Department of Transportation regulations have left TCAT with dwindling numbers of operational buses in their fleet, leading to delays. In hopes of correcting this, TCAT has begun renting buses from other transportation companies and buying up used buses to fix.