In addition to the Marine Street Express bus changes, the routes between the Williams Village residence halls and campus are also changing. Previously, the buses between Will Vill and campus made six stops. The new route consolidates Will Vill, Will Vill Limited and Bear Creek into one bus loop. That bus now stops at Imig Music, Muenzinger, Mathematics and Colorado and 30th Streets, removing the Engineering Center and C4C stops. 

“I feel like having three stops on this little corner is too much,” said Stella Camara, a freshman psychology major. Camara lives in the Stearns Towers West building in Will Vill. She says the new bus route is too crowded and needs to be spread out across campus. 

Méndez-Wilson says that drivers will be handing out cards with QR codes, allowing students to download the app before Buff Ride officially launches on Sept. 22. 

Included in the available Buff Ride stops are the Regent Lot across from the engineering building and the C4C stops. 

Francisco Cervantes, a sophomore majoring in business marketing and finance, has classes twice a week in the engineering building. He says that his walk is 23 minutes and that the app feels like more effort than needed. 

“I think it would take around the same amount of time to get to those classes if that existed,” he said. “I don’t think it’s necessary.” 

Dominick Aranda, a junior majoring in engineering, said he will definitely use the app as he heavily relies on the C4C and Engineering Center stops in order to get to class on time.

“I planned out my entire schedule based on the fact that I would take the Will Vill bus to the C4C stop,” he said. 

For more details on the new Buff Bus routes, see CU Boulder’s Parking and Transportation website.

Story edited by Logan Benson