UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Transportation Services has announced that due to low ridership, campus transit service to Mount Nittany Medical Center, Centre Medical Sciences Building, and Innovation Park on weekdays after 8 p.m. and throughout the day on Saturdays and Sundays previously provided by CATA’s Red Link will end Wednesday, Aug. 16.
Transportation Services has partnered with Lyft to offer ride credits for travel between campus and these areas during those times for faculty, staff and students. Ride credits will not be valid for use on home football game Saturdays.
An email was sent earlier today (Aug. 15) to all University Park students and full-time employees for the new Campus Lyft Service program. Employees and students who sign up for the program through this email will receive 20 Lyft credits per month worth up to $20 per ride for rides between 7:30 p.m. and 1 a.m., Monday through Friday, and between 9 a.m. and 1 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, for rides that start and end at the following location combinations:
- Start on campus and end at Mount Nittany Medical Center
- Start on campus and end at Innovation Park
- Start at Innovation Park and end on campus
- Start at Innovation Park and end at Mount Nittany Medical Center
- Start at Mount Nittany Medical Center and end at Innovation Park
- Start at Mount Nittany Medical Center and end on campus
Campus Shuttle services continue
Transportation Services’ no-fare Campus Shuttle via Beaver Avenue has returned to service for the fall semester with increased frequency and additional stops, including service to West Deck, Mount Nittany Medical Center, Centre Medical Sciences, and Innovation Park. The updated route will be in service year-round (except University holidays) from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, with service every 20 minutes from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and every 40 minutes from 6 to 8 p.m.
Email shuttles@psu.edu for questions or more information on Campus Shuttle service or the companion Campus Lyft Service program.