ULV fleet expands with addition of leased bus
Campus Times
December 5, 1997
photo by Alen Zilic
The latest addition to the Transportation Department fleet is a Ford
Model E350, leased by the University from the City of La Verne. It has a
capacity of 14 seats and two wheelchair seats. Henry Negrette, ULV security
agent in charge of transportation, is responsible for vehicle maintenance
and license updates of the University's drivers.
Students may have begun noticing a new bus parked behind the library.
Christened as the Challenger the new transportation vehicle was made possible
by a donation from the city of La Verne.
The 1995 Ford model was purchased by the city with money received from
proposition A, a transportation bill that was passed in California. This
bill allows the state a certain amount of allotted money that will go towards
transportation.
The University is actually leasing the bus for one dollar a year. The
University, on top of paying one dollar a year, must provide transportation
to the public three times a day, five days a week.
The University will use the bus the same way they use the vans, to transport
athletes to and from sporting events and to give students a ride to and
from field trips.
"I prefer a bus over a van, because there is more room," said
the University of La Verne Director of Transportation John Lentz.
The bus carries 16 passengers including a handicap facility in the rear.
The vans only carry 10 passengers. In the bus there are individual cushioned
seats with arm rests and in the vans there are only bench seats.
"It looks nice and it adds to our fleet," said Lentz.
The bus is ready to give some student, athlete or citizen of La Verne
a ride somewhere in the near future.
