The Student Government Association (SGA) plans to create a free airport shuttle program for spring break and will vote on a bill to implement this program at its next legislative session.
According to the bill author, College sophomore and SGA Speaker of the Legislature Adam McCall, the airport shuttles for Thanksgiving break were a success.

So, he said he believes the spring break shuttles will be beneficial for students traveling for the break.

“Overall, this will offer a lot of students a resource they wouldn’t have otherwise,” McCall said.

Similar to the Thanksgiving break shuttles, the spring break shuttles would run back and forth on the hour between Emory’s main campus and the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The shuttles would operate Thursday, March 4, and Friday, March 5, to the airport and Sunday, March 14, from the airport to Emory.

The Thursday shuttle would run from 3 to 7 p.m., the Friday shuttle would run from 1 to 9 p.m. and the Sunday shuttle would run from 2 to 10 p.m.

“This is a great time to run the shuttles because all of the schools let out at about the same time, and we will be able to accommodate nearly all students in the University,” McCall said.

He explained that only students in the School of Medicine and graduate division of the Goizueta Business School will not be leaving campus that Thursday or Friday.

If the bill is passed, the airport shuttles will be free for all students, according to McCall.

He said SGA plans to use Coach America shuttles, which are cheaper than the Cliff shuttles that were used for the Thanksgiving break program.

The lowered cost of the shuttles will make it possible to offer free tickets, McCall said.

Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis, he added.

“This will eliminate some confusion about tickets,” McCall said.

For the Thanksgiving break shuttles, round-trip tickets cost $10 and students had to reserve tickets for specific time slots.

Also, the shuttles only ran on two days: the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Sunday following the holiday.

McCall said he is working with members of the Residence Hall Association, College Council and the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Council and hopes these organizations will provide funding for the shuttles.

The prospect of receiving funding from these groups is promising, McCall said.

At yesterday’s meeting, SGA also passed a bill to provide funding for fliers for the SGA Building Bridges program, which seeks to promote freedom of expression on campus.

The program will receive $50 in order to print these fliers to advertise events.

Several SGA Elections Board appointees were also approved at the legislative session.

— Contact Molly Davis.