The document discusses questions and answers regarding a new shuttle service for resident students at CPUT. [1] A shuttle fee of approximately R600 per year will be included in student fees to cover costs without additional out-of-pocket expenses. [2] The current private shuttle system requires restructuring, and the new CPUT shuttle will provide improved linkages between campuses and residences while reducing the university's carbon footprint. [3] The shuttle will operate from 6am-10pm on weekdays during term, with weekend hours of 7am-10pm on Saturdays and 7am-9pm on Sundays, and extended hours during vacation periods.

1. Resident Students Questions
Will this shuttle
operate at night?
Will the shuttle ONLY Extended?
take me from
residence to campus?
CPUT already has in place
a transport system, why
is there going to be
another one?
Is the shuttle going to
be expensive?

2. Resident Students Answers
Questions: Answers:
Is the Shuttle going to be expensive? The Shuttle costs are going to be built into
fees as a non-optional levy. There is an
approximate fee of R600 per annum. This
ensures that there are no out of pocket costs.
There is already a shuttle taking me from In the past, the University has engaged with
res to campus, so why is there going to private contractors that provide transport
be another one? services to students, such as key links
between residences and campuses. The
contracted shuttle system is perceived to
require both operational and strategic
restructuring. For the successful functioning
of the University there is a need for adequate
linkages between campuses, that will also
reduce the University’s carbon footprint. The
CPUT shuttle system is a Green Initiative of
the University.

3. Resident Students Answers
Questions: Answers:
Will this Shuttle operate at night, on During term weekdays the shuttle services
weekends and on vacation periods? operating hours will run from 6am-10pm and
during the term weekends the service will run
as follows: Saturday from 7am-10pm and
Sunday from 7am- 9pm. The operating hours
for the vacation period is between 7am-6pm
on weekdays and weekends. The operating
hours for the vacation periods will be
different, as it the service does not need to fit
in with University timetables.
Will the shuttle ONLY take me from The Shuttle will not only provide a service
residence to campus? from residence to campus but it will also
provide inter-campus linkages as well as inter-
residence linkages. At key times there will be
linkages to certain malls and linkages to
Metropolitan Public Transport in the
immediate areas.