CofC students, staffers rolling on express buses
College of Charleston staffer Chris Adams says she had the typical concerns of a car-dependent person when she considered taking the bus to work.
She wondered whether it would be late, inconvenient, and what she would do if she had to leave work early.
But Adams, the art director in the college's marketing and communications department, decided to give public transportation a try and is now taking advantage of a college program that offers free CARTA bus passes to students and employees.
She now prefers taking the CARTA Express bus to work instead of driving downtown from her West Ashley home, she said.
It saves gas money — she now fills up about once every three weeks — and she reads and relaxes on the way to and from work. "My stress level has been cut in half," she said.
Jan Brewton, the college's director of business and auxiliary services said more employees and students are taking advantage of the free bus pass program. So far this year, she said, the college has given out about 3,000 passes.
The college even had a dip in the number of people purchasing campus parking permits this year, she said, a decrease campus officials attribute to more people taking the bus.
Usually, the college sells 2,200 or more parking permits each year, Brewton said. But this year, it has sold only 2,050, or 150 fewer permits.
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