Student Transit Service, 1974, photo 1
 

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“Student Transit Service, 1974, photo 1,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed November 21, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/13039.


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Title

Student Transit Service, 1974, photo 1

Description

This image shows a man leaning against the exterior of the Student Transit Service bus at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in January 1974. to start in January 1974. The Student Transport Service utilized the Sigma Tau Epsilon fraternity bus, a refurbished 1959 school bus, and paid student drivers $1.75-2.00 an hour. The bus ran on a thirty minute schedule, shuttling students across campus on a route that started and ended at the Bookstore. The route later was expanded around Boone, NC, and to Blowing Rock, NC. The STS was part of an overall attempt to reduce energy usage during the energy shortage in 1973-74, and aimed to reduce traffic, save gasoline, and minimize parked cars on campus. The service ended in April 1974 due to an inability to obtain gasoline, part of an overall shortage in Boone. Bus service ceased until another attempt was made in December 1974 to start a community bus service in Boone, but ended four months later due to lack of funds and passengers. D. D. Dougherty Library, built 1935, can be seen in the background.

Subject

Students
Student Activities
Transportation
Appalachian State University

Source

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 36, Student Activities F2, C14.2.6.6.

Publisher

University Archives, Appalachian State University

Date

1974-01

Contributor

News Bureau

Format

JPEG
Photographs

Language

English

Type

Image

Corporate Names

Appalachian State University. Student Transit Service

Series

Series 5 -- Students, Student Organizations, Student Life

File name

5732_2004_040_A.jpg

Sponsors

The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.

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S238

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