Fuat Mondal

ENGL 21007

Professor Moser

April 21st, 2020

Lab Report

Introduction

Most of the students in the City College Community rely on the use of City College New York Shuttle Bus Services. Using the CCNY Shuttle Bus Service has been posing a constraining factor to the bus users for their inaccurate timing. There is a lack of a well-updated schedule for the bus arrival and departure from the established bus stops (Regalado, et al., Maura p. 3). Thus most of the students do not have concrete sources information regarding the official operations of the CCNY Shuttle Bus Services. Several scientific and even engineering researches have been executed by many scholars, corporate organizations and by federal government officials. However, the time constraints posed by the CCNY Shuttle Bus Services are affecting the commuters using the services of those buses. Therefore, the thesis statement of this study is to conduct engineering research on the ways of improving the services of the CCNY Shuttle Buses as far as the commuters using those services are concerned.

(source, Herchenroeder, 2017)

Various Scientific Researches on the Potential Ways of improving the services of CCNY Shuttle Buses

I will use scientific research to find out the exact number of commuter students who rely on the use of the CCNY Shuttle Buses in their travels. This will involve interviewing the school administrators on the exact count of their students who daily commute by using the CCNY Shuttle Buses. I will also engage in scientific research on the various ways through which the management of the CCNY Shuttle Buses can convey the information to the commuter students regarding their specific arrival times (Berechman, et al., 239). I will research the use of a social networking website by the co-coordinators of the CCNY Shuttle Buses are to inform commuter students about their travel services from time to time.

I will execute scientific research to find out the reasons behind the inconsistent bus- stops characterizing the existing CCNY Shuttle Buses in the City College Community (Regalado, et al., Maura p. 3). This will involve interviewing the management of the CCNY Shuttle Buses on the criteria they are using in determining the number of their bus stops. I will also perform scientific research to find out the reasons behind their regular change of routes by the CCNY Shuttle Buses.

I will carry out scientific research on the pros and cons of the school administration of the City College purchasing more Shuttle Buses meant for transporting the City College commuter students (Berechman, et al., 238). This approach will engage conducting the relative advantage advantages accrued from the City College adding more Campus Shuttle Buses instead of contacting services of the private shuttle bus owners for the transportation of the students who commute to and from the school. Also, I will pursue scientific research on the various ways of establishing a schedule for the CCNY Shuttle Buses as well as their effectiveness in the management of time by the students and the commuter students.

(source, CCNY)

The Results from the Scientific Research Findings 

Based on the comprehensive scientific research which I executed on the irregular bus stops, the feedback I obtained from the management of the CCNY Shuttle Buses is that it’s impossible to maintain consistent bus stops (Berechman, et al., 244). This is because time there might be massive jams on some of the routes and thus will compromise the coordinators of the CCNY Shuttle Buses to alter the number of bus stops in the City College of New York. Additionally, the management of the CCNY Shuttle Buses indicated that time, their buses may develop severe mechanical breakdowns which would prompt them to fail to complete the usually recommended number of the bus stops.

In regard to the scientific research which I executed by interviewing the coordinators of the CCNY Shuttle Buses on the aspect of the frequent change of routes, they stated that it’s very cumbersome for them to keep their consistent routes (Regalado, et al., Maura p. 3). This is because of the rampant cases of jam which they might encounter in some routes. Also, the correspondent coordinators of the CCNY Shuttle Buses emphasized that time, there are cases of car breakdowns in some routes which usually prompt them to change their routes thus affecting negatively the commuter students. Also, CCNY Shuttle Bus management stated that they execute the regular change of their routes because they look for shorter routes to minimize fuel consumption by the CCNY Shuttle Buses.

The results from the scientific on the various ways through which the management of the CCNY Shuttle Buses can convey their travel information showed that there is less commitment by the coordinators of the buses to use the established media platform such as twitter. Thus, the students would not manage to receive consistent travel updates from the end of the CCNY Shuttle Bus coordinators. Also, I undertook intensive scientific research on the effectiveness of the use of a GPS Network (Regalado, et al., Maura p. 3). I founded out that the use of a GPS Network by the coordinators of the CCNY Shuttle Buses would be much better in conveying travel services to the commuter students. This is because the students who commute to and from school will be able to track the arrival of the CCNY Shuttle Buses in their respective bus stops.

The critical observation I made regarding the establishment of the number of students who commute at the City College of New York is that the number of students who commute to and from school is very large. Thus, the large number of students who commute implies the administrators of the City College of New York ought to purchase some more school buses (Berechman, et al., 249). However, the deeper interaction with the school administration of the City College of New York vehemently stated that they do not have an adjustable budget which can accommodate the purchase of some more school buses.

Conclusion

In conclusion, I have learned that there is a big challenge of travel incurred by a large percentage of the students of City College of New York who commute daily to and from school. Thus, there is a need for the stakeholders of the City College of New York as well as the individuals in charge of the management of the CCNY Shuttle buses to think of the various possible ways of improving their means of transport for the commuter students. For instance, the management of coordinators of the CCNY Shuttle buses should install the GPS Apps on their buses. Also, there is a need for the CCNY Shuttle bus administrators to use email in conveying their travel information to the students. 

(source, Herchenroeder, 2017)

Works Cited

Berechman, Joseph, and Robert E. Paaswell. “Evaluation, prioritization, and selection of transportation investment projects in New York City.” Transportation 32.3 (2010): 223-249.

Herchenroeder, Katie, director. CCNY Shuttle Service Implements Route Change. Ccnycampus.org, 27 Sept. 2017, www.ccnycampus.org/2017/09/ccny-shuttle-service-implements-route-change/.

Herchenroeder, Katie. “Students Question Shuttle Route Changes.” Dateline, 28 Sept. 2017, datelinecuny.com/2017/09/students-question-shuttle-route-changes/.

New York, City College. “Shuttle Bus Service.” Shuttle Bus Service | The City College of New York, City College of New York, www.ccny.cuny.edu/about/gettingthere.

Regalado, Mariana, and Maura Smale. “Serving the commuter college student in urban academic libraries.” Urban Library Journal 21.1 (2015): 3.