Show New Efficient Bus Service Comes to University Mall Provo City Lines in cooperation with University Mall is now providing a bus service beginning at the Wilkinson Center canopy and looping downtown and then outto out outto outto to University Mall The complete route route takes one hour with the bus returning to the canopy on the hour to pick up students wishing to go in inthe inthe inthe the downtown direction It leaves from under the canopy at eight minutes after the hour City lines officials explained the service will begin at 7 15 am a.m. from the corner of Center and University The service ends at 9 15 9 15 in the evening We are arc really trying to give the students a fair deal said Tim Hill The company will sell bus passes to BYU students for 15 per semester 6 per semester or the usual 20 cents a aride ride The 15 ticket allows the student to ride as often as he wishes during the semester The 6 ticket entitles him to 35 rides during the semester Every other hour of the day a bus will leave BYU at eight minutes after the hour travel south to North and turn west to University Avenue It then turns south arriving at 15 minutes after the hour The bus starts its Provo to BYU route down Center Street reaching East about 19 minutes past the hour The bus picks up passengers again across from the canopy at 25 minutes after the hour and then proceeds to Deseret Towers and Heritage Halls at half past the hour The new route takes the bus down 1450 North as far as Canyon Road turning over to 1230 North and heading west to West It travels travels' West to University Mall It turns around in front of Penneys Penney's and its route back to BYU Tim Hill promotional director for Provo City Lines explained the bus picks up passengers at the end of any city block along the route as aswell aswell aswell well as at authorized stops He suggested those wishing to ride should flag nag the driver down An interesting aspect about the service said Weldon Larsen Larsen Larsen Lar- Lar sen manager of University Mall is the different feeling about bus service to a mallIt mallIt mall It is a completely different feeling said Larsen Once the individual steps off are the bus even in the stormiest weather he steps into 72 degree tem tem- Owners note that the seating capacity of the bus is 35 but drivers for the bus lines say they have had as many as 60 on the bus at one time Larsen explained the Malls Mall's position in the agreement Weare We uWe Weare are working on a subsidized basis but it is very possible that the Mall will not have to foot any of the bill It is guaranteeing guaranteeing guaranteeing guaran guaran- teeing a certain patronage Negotiations with the Provo City Lines began in January of this year Mall officials feel their position will most likely beto beto be beto to support I it t through advertising advertising advertising ad ad- and promotion Hill pointed out the service is being given a six month trial period by the City Lines and the Mall If only 2000 students would buy 15 Hill stressed we Uwe could provide two busses and service all the time time |