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...reaction to the outcry over safety, the administration has presented the escort and van services as alternative transport options. These, however, are not currently viable substitutes for shuttle service, due to their slow and unreliable response times. In addition, the escort service only operates until 2:00 a.m. on Sunday through Wednesday nights, just 30 minutes later than the new shuttle schedule will end, and the van service stops taking calls at 2:30. The shuttle in its current form is the only dependable and safe method for traveling home at any hour of the night...
...addition to obvious safety concerns that demand revocation of current cuts, the lack of late-night transportation limits Quad students’ ability to hold late -night jobs or participate in many extra-curricular activities. Religious students will now be offered no transport for the journey to services on weekend mornings, and no one would envy the fate of a Quadded athlete, forced to rise before the sun in order to travel to practice by foot on university holidays...
...This prohibitive lack of transport options presents the greatest inconvenience for Quad students with disabilities. Even prior to the cuts, the disability van became the night van after 7 p.m., meaning that students with disabilities were often forced to face a 45-minute wait each time they used the service. The situation is only likely to worsen as the number of shuttles falls and demand for the night bus increases. Furthermore, the decreased number of shuttles means that those remaining will be even more crowded, presenting significant accessibility concerns for students with wheelchairs. Given the lack of convenient travel options...
...first year in office, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has kept his promise to ease tensions with the island's longstanding rival, China. Beijing and Taipei have signed several historic agreements opening up direct transport links, allowing mainland Chinese tourists to visit Taiwan, and calling for financial cooperation. Taiwan also recently announced Chinese would be allowed to invest in Taiwan for the first time. On May 12, TIME's Jim Erickson, Michael Schuman and Natalie Tso sat down with Ma to talk with him about China, the economy, and Taiwan's future. TIME: Tell us what you thought about your...
...same products from (Southeast Asian countries) will have no tariffs, but ours will face tariff rates from 5% to 15%. That will kill our industries. The mainland has already indicated interest in signing an agreement with us. In the last year we've signed nine agreements focusing on air transport; a financial supervisory mechanism covering stocks, futures and insurance companies, which will be negotiated in the next couple of months; also food safety, postal cooperation, a joint effort to combat crime and judicial assistance. These are all milestone agreements. (Read about new business deals between China and Taiwan...