A new Riverside Transit Agency bus route is making it easier to get to and around UC Riverside. RTA launched Route 56 on Jan. 8, restoring service between the Hunter Park Metrolink station and campus that had been cut a few years ago due to the pandemic. The new route benefits the campus in several ways. Commuters on the Metrolink Perris Valley...
Riding a bicycle to work comes naturally to Boris Baer and his wife Barbara Baer-Imhoof, both researchers at UC Riverside’s Center for Integrative Bee Research, or CIBER. The couple are originally from Switzerland where they never owned a car. Later, when they moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, and then Perth, Australia, they commuted regularly by bike...
Riverside Transit Agency has installed new bus shelters and bays near UC Riverside that will ease travel for campus commuters. Six new bus bays and shelters were constructed on Canyon Crest Drive near Bannockburn Village, giving riders more space to board four bus routes. The stops had benches before but no bays or shelters prior to the project...
UC Riverside has been named a Bicycle Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists in recognition of its promotion of safe, accessible bicycling on campus. The league, a national grassroots organization, announced UCR’s certification Feb. 18 following an application process. The campus is among 38 colleges and universities to join the...
