Some ISU students may be left out in the cold this semester because of overcrowded CyRide buses. CyRide has experienced an influx of passengers since the onset of winter weather. Bob Bourne, director of CyRide, said everything possible is being done to ensure fluid transportation, and lately the more pressing problem has been distribution of buses, not breakdowns.
Breakdowns are at their normal rate.
We have 20 to 25 breakdowns a year, when buses actually stop running. There has been no increase. Bourne said many factors contribute to overcrowding. Sometimes we schedule two buses at once, and one driver can pick up too many people, leaving the second bus with only about 30 people riding it. Bourne also said the students who use the Orange Route, the line that circles the ISU campus, should realize that overcrowding can be due to class dismissal times.