Tigers on the Road!

On Wednesday September 17th the grand unveiling of the DAL bus took place outside of the Killiam Library on Studley Campus.

There were people from the university, athletes, members of the DSU executive, and interested students all milling about once the bus drove down University Avenue beeping the horn. The University's Vice President of Student Services was the official ribbon cutter with myself and several athletes there to help hold the ribbon.

The bus is phenomenal - we all were able to take a tour, and as silly as that may sound there were a lot of great points we learned on the tour so it was definitely worth it.

What I loved the most was the this bus did not cost students anything! The Department of Athletics reviewed the transportation budget last year and when they added up how much money they were spending on renting buses and vans they decided to investigate and find out how much it would cost if we simply had our own bus. So they crunched the numbers and it worked out that it was more economical for them to get a bus. The bus was made in Germany and is the only one of its kind in Canada (fuel effieciency, sustainable, wireless access, etc).

The bus will also be able to be rented by departments and student groups - there is a fee associated with it - but if you can afford it it is a great way to travel.