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Graduate Student Government President Scott Miller, left, and Graduate School Dean William Russel take the first ride on the P-Rides graduate student shuttle.

On hand for the P-Rides' inaugural spin were, from left, Princeton Borough Mayor Marvin Reed, Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand, President Tilghman and Graduate Student Government President Scott Miller.

photos: Denise Applewhite

New P-Rides shuttle links graduate student housing and main campus

A new Princeton University shuttle to serve as a link between graduate student housing and the main campus made its inaugural trip on Monday, Feb. 3.

The shuttle, dubbed "P-Rides," is free and open to all members of the University community. It runs every 30 minutes between 8:15 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, stopping at the Graduate College, Lawrence Apartments, Hibben-Magie Apartments, Jadwin Physics, the Engineering Quadrangle, parking lot 10 on William Street (behind Green Hall), parking lot 21 on FitzRandolph Road (by Jadwin Gym) and Butler Apartments.

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Managed by the Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association in conjunction with service provider A-1 Limousine, the new shuttle service features state-of-the-art Global Positioning System technology developed by Princeton undergraduate students and Professor Alain Kornhauser to provide real-time arrival information via computer. Route maps and schedules are available at the bus stops and on the association's Web site.

"By providing reliable bus transportation, we hope that the shuttle will reduce congestion and demand for car parking on campus and in town and be more energy efficient than students driving their own cars," said Pam Hersh, director of community and state affairs at the University.

The association worked with the University's graduate students, Office of Community and State Affairs, Office of the Senior Vice President for Administration, Office of Public Safety and Office of the Dean of the Graduate School over a period of several months to come up with a workable system.

The new shuttle will be in addition to the already existing 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. employee shuttle (Tiger Tram) serving the campus from the parking garage on Elm Drive and the student "safety shuttle" serving late night needs of the campus community. Timetables for these shuttles are available from the Public Safety Web site.

The full story is available in a news release.