Since its launch in fall 2024, Auxiliary Services’ Airport Shuttle Initiative has helped out-of-state students secure over 3,000 discounted rides to and from the Atlanta airport for Thanksgiving and winter break. The combined savings have totaled more than $30,000. Through a partnership with Groome Transportation and funding from the Office of the President, the Airport […]
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Transportation & Parking Services helps students travel home for the holidays
Transportation & Parking Services (TPS) at the University of Georgia is always thinking of students’ travel needs, wherever they may be going. Two programs — Operation Safe Drive and the Airport Shuttle Initiative — are helping more students than ever get home safely for the holidays. Operation Safe Drive For the past 16 years, TPS […]
Student bus driver wins 2025 Transit ROADeo
For many students on campus, driving a UGA bus is an intimidating thought, but for 2025 Transit ROADeo winner Laura Towner, a third-year student from Milledgeville, this is far from the case. “My family got a pop-up camper while I was in high school, and I learned how to drive our SUV with this little […]
For transit events planner, collaboration and communication are key
Katie Scoggins came to the University of Georgia to study for a career in public health, but public transit has turned out to be her true calling. Scoggins has worked for Transportation and Parking Services (TPS) for the past 17 years, starting as a student bus driver in 2008 and progressing to a full-time bus […]
Campus transportation and parking enhancements for fall
Transportation and Parking Services (TPS) has made enhancements for the fall semester to increase access to parking and make it easier for students, faculty, staff and visitors to navigate campus.