Opinion in Brief
Connecting the campuses
An article in the Mar. 24 Commonwealth Times reported on the rerouting of Campus Connector shuttle due to the closure of Grace Street for downtown redevelopment. Some liked the new route, pointing out that its passage through Leigh Street by the Coliseum cuts the number of traffic lights, making the trip between the Monroe Park and MCV campuses that much shorter.
Connecting the campuses
An article in the Mar. 24 Commonwealth Times reported on the rerouting of Campus Connector shuttle due to the closure of Grace Street for downtown redevelopment. Some liked the new route, pointing out that its passage through Leigh Street by the Coliseum cuts the number of traffic lights, making the trip between the Monroe Park and MCV campuses that much shorter.
The down side? Some stops on Grace Street are no longer being serviced.
Our suggestion: the Campus Connector should live up to its name and do a better job of making a seamless connection between the campuses. That could mean a shorter trip such as the new route provides, or how about providing an express route with no stops at all?
Since VCU and MCV merged in 1968, the two campuses still remain relatively isolated from each other. If people could have an easier time getting one campus to the other, more people might make the trip. If nothing else, it would make it easier to grab a lunch at the Wendy’s and McDonald’s at MCV – the university’s only decent fast food.
