1. transport.tamu.edu Texas A&M University Aggie Spirit 2010 Doug Williams Interim Director Texas A&M Transportation Services

2. transport.tamu.edu History Bus Operations started Bus Operations started 1982 The Department of Parking & Transit Services created 1988 Fleet expanded to 59 buses 4 on and 11 off- campus routes 1990 22 buses purchased 2001 24 buses purchased 2002 9 buses purchased with assistance from Brazos Transit 2006 25 buses purchased and public timetables published 2008

3. transport.tamu.edu 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. transport.tamu.edu 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

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

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

9. transport.tamu.edu 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

10. transport.tamu.edu 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

11. transport.tamu.edu Contact Us Doug Williams, Interim Director dg-williams@tamu.edu dg-williams@tamu.edu Lana Wolken, Assistant Director for Transit hwolken@tamu.edu hwolken@tamu.edu Peter Lange, Interim Executive Director plange@tamu.edu plange@tamu.edu Presentation available at: http://transport.tamu.edu/presentations