Security seeks to boost van service
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on efforts to improve the university’s late-night security escort van service.
- The News-Letter reported that the service used seven daily vans—four on set routes and three for on-demand requests—and hired two more on weekends when demand was high, with a goal of arriving within 20 minutes.
- The paper reported that director George Kilber said the service was considering expanding its contractor support to meet late-night weekend demand.
- The article says students gave mixed feedback: senior Kara Pappas praised the timing but reported that some drivers drove too fast and that operators sometimes left her on hold for more than five minutes.
- The reporter writes that one sophomore reported waiting up to two hours in the rain; Kilber said bad weather increased demand and traffic, while extra vans would not greatly improve service in those conditions.
- According to the article, Kilber was considering text notifications and GPS tracking, and computer science graduate students were working on the tracking project.
- The article adds that students wanted clearer schedules online or around campus, while sophomores Colin Ray and Robert Dewan said the routes often failed to meet their needs.