Sacramento State’s Hornet Express Shuttle has changed its hours of operation to accommodate students.

University Transportation and Parking Services changed Sac State’s Hornet Express Shuttle hours on Sept. 6. It now runs from 7:40 a.m. to 5:05 p.m. without breaks. The Hornet Line previously ran Monday through Friday from 7:40 a.m. to 10:13 a.m. and again from 2:20 p.m. to 4:54 p.m.

UTAPS offers free transportation through the Hornet Express Shuttle to students, faculty and staff whose schedules demand they travel long distances. The Hornet Express Shuttle has three lines which run Monday through Friday and a night shuttle that runs Monday through Thursday.

“We changed the schedule in response to classes being offered in Folsom Hall during the middle of the day when we previously were not providing service, (between 10:13 a.m. and 2:20 p.m.). UTAPS received several recommendations, from faculty and students, to extend our service on the Hornet Line,” said Alfredo Orozco, assistant to the senior director of UTAPS.

The Shuttle’s Gold Line departs from the transit center Monday through Friday at 7:40 a.m. and returns at 4:55 p.m., stopping at Howe Avenue, Exposition Boulevard, Heritage Lane, Arden Way, Fulton Avenue and Northrop Avenue.

The Green Line runs the same time and stops at College Town Drive, La Riviera Drive, Folsom Boulevard, Bicentennial Way, Hornet Drive and State University Drive. For night students, the shuttle runs Monday through Thursday making point to point stops.

The shuttle is funded by Sac State parking citations and requires that passengers present their Sac State OneCard to the driver before riding.

Some shuttle users are benefiting from the time change while others are indifferent about the new schedule, and find the Hornet Line to be unnecessary.

“The Hornet Line is pointless, it goes around campus and then to 65th Street, which you can walk to or take three other buses,” said junior international relations major Valeria Hernandez.

Last year UTAPS proposed the Gold Line and the Hornet Line routes be removed because of budgetary concerns. At the time, Associated Students, Inc. opposed the removal of the Gold Line because it had the highest ridership, while suggesting the Hornet Line be removed instead because it had the lowest.

Some students still say the Hornet Line should be eliminated, and the funds allocated to other shuttle lines.

“They should cut the funding to the Hornet Line and give it to the other lines so they can better match up with the other public transit lines,” said sophomore psychology major Lucas Orizaba.

For more information on shuttle times visit the UTAPS website at www.csus.edu/aba/utaps/Hornet-Shuttle.html.

Erica Davenport can be reached at [email protected]