OCC Transport
Encyclopedia
Off Campus College Transport, Inc. , or OCCT, is Binghamton University
's student driven, managed, and operated bus service. The mission of OCCT today is "to provide safe, reliable, convenient, consistent, and courteous transportation to the Binghamton University community." Service is provided at no additional cost to all students, although service is paid for through fees collected with tuition. OCCT provides fee-based charter service to university organizations.
administration. Funding for service is provided by the student transportation fee, which is collected with tuition, by the Student Association and by the Graduate Student Organization.
Binghamton University
Binghamton University, also formally called State University of New York at Binghamton, , is a public research university in the State of New York. The University is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York system...
's student driven, managed, and operated bus service. The mission of OCCT today is "to provide safe, reliable, convenient, consistent, and courteous transportation to the Binghamton University community." Service is provided at no additional cost to all students, although service is paid for through fees collected with tuition. OCCT provides fee-based charter service to university organizations.
Routes
- Binghamton (BING)
- Campus Shuttle (CS)
- Downtown Express (DE)
- Inter-Campus Shuttle (ICS)
- Johnson City Westside (JC)
- Leroy Southside (LRSS)
- Oakdale Mall (OAK)
- Oakdale, Wegmanns, Walmart(OWW)
- Residential Shuttle (RES)
- Riviera Ridge (RR)
- Riviera Ridge Town Square Mall (RR-TSM)
- Triple Cities (TC)
- University Downtown Center Shuttle (UDC)
- University Plaza Shuttle (UPS)
- Westside Main (WM)
- Westside Special (WSS)
History
OCCT from its founding was run as a fully democratic, student-owned and operated cooperative until 1995. That summer, a lock-out followed when the student cooperative voted to shut-down during the summer until the university administration backed off of its attempts to install a new coordinator. The organization is currently run by a service manager who is elected by the OCCT Board of Directors. The Board of Directors consists of both voting and non-members from the Student Association at Binghamton University and the Binghamton UniversityBinghamton University
Binghamton University, also formally called State University of New York at Binghamton, , is a public research university in the State of New York. The University is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York system...
administration. Funding for service is provided by the student transportation fee, which is collected with tuition, by the Student Association and by the Graduate Student Organization.
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