UT-Houston was notified of the change only days before it went into effect. Personal contacts with TMC officials and further discussion at a Jan. 24 meeting of the TMC Parking and Mobility Council produced no change in the decision. About 35 UT-Houston people contract park at UCT and work in the Medical School.
Employees travel between the two buildings during the day.
Rainy, cold or hot days make a walk to the new Blue Bus stop inconvenient. UT-Houston employees and students are still welcome to use the Metro shuttle. The Metro Blue Bus now stops about a block away from UCT, near the AU lot across from Houston Community College and Shriners Hospital. It is funded by the student service shuttle fee, funds designated by resource allocation and Auxiliary Enterprises revenues. Once that lot was closed in September 1998, the route was revised for faster and more direct service.