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Aggie Spirit: Texas A&M University's Transportation Services

Learn about the history, services, fleet, and funding of Aggie Spirit, Texas A&M University's transportation services. Find out about routes, average daily ridership, communication channels, other services, and contact information.

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Aggie Spirit: Texas A&M University's Transportation Services

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  1. Texas A&M UniversityAggie Spirit 2010 Doug Williams Interim Director Texas A&M Transportation Services

  2. History 25 buses purchasedand public timetables published Fleet expanded to 59 buses4 on and 11 off-campus routes Bus Operations started 24 buses purchased 1982 1990 2002 2008 2006 2001 1988 22 buses purchased 9 buses purchased with assistance from Brazos Transit The Department of Parking & Transit Servicescreated

  3. Today Fleet of 80 buses and 6 paratransit vans called Aggie Spirit 9 off-campus routes 7 on-campus routes Average daily ridership for fall approximately 8,000 on-campus and 14,500 off-campus

  4. Today Approximately 250 student drivers Approximately 28 full and part time drivers 8 full time supervisors Transports approximately 5.6 million passengers per year including faculty, staff, students and visitors

  5. Communication RSS feeds @AggieSpiritBus on Twitter transport.tamu.edu m.tamu.edu mobile site Real-time tracking coming soon Interior banners

  6. Other Services Get to the Grid! Sponsor-funded game day shuttles from the mall to Kyle Field Local charter services Interior advertising

  7. Costs Cost to run a route is approximately $53/hour Cost of each new bus is approximately $315,000 Starting student driver pay is $8/hr Starting budgeted driver is $10.15/hr Approximately 2,000 gallons of biodiesel fuel daily New $2 million hardware/software installation for scheduling, GPS tracking, cameras, automatic passenger counts, etc

  8. Funding • Aggie Spirit receives no state funding • Fixed route service is paid for by a student fee • $70/semester • $35/summer session • $7.24 million annually • Local charter service billed to university affiliates at $80/hr

  9. Contact Us Doug Williams, Interim Directordg-williams@tamu.edu Lana Wolken, Assistant Director for Transithwolken@tamu.edu Peter Lange, Interim Executive Directorplange@tamu.edu Presentation available at: http://transport.tamu.edu/presentations

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