{"id":2286,"date":"2020-08-24T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2020-08-23T16:02:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T21:02:24","slug":"transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation services keeping riders and drivers safe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>COURTESY PHOTO\/UTRGV PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Transportation_mixdown_01.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">UTRGV Parking and Transportation Services is ready to meet the challenges of providing passengers a safe ride on the vaquero express this fall semester amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Executive Director of Parking and Transportation Services Rodney Gomez said the department is taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of passengers and drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Everyone who wants to board needs to wear a mask, they need to keep that mask on while they\u2019re riding,&#8221; Gomez said. &#8220;So, you can\u2019t just put the mask on and take the mask off while you\u2019re inside.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Gomez, high touch areas in shuttles will be sanitized after every trip and vehicles will be fully sanitized at the end of each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VOLT, the electric carts which transport students to and from parking lots, will also run this semester with similar social distancing and sanitizing procedures in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gomez said bus stops will also have social distancing enforcement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWhen people come to actually board the bus wherever they wait at the bus stop, we\u2019re going to have social distancing in place,&#8221; Gomez said. &#8220;So, we\u2019ll have a staff member out there just to sort of help people maintain that distance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Safety is a number one concern for Mass Communication Senior Alex Valdes who relies on shuttle transportation and worries about his family at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cBoth of my parents are what I would consider immunocompromised,&#8221; Valdez said. &#8220;Just because they\u2019re already susceptible to certain illnesses or diseases that [COVID-19] can worsen or cause as a consequence.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Valdes hopes the safety measures will be respected, not just for himself, but for the safety of others such as shuttle drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gomez said the department is also concerned for their drivers and have installed plexiglass barriers to prevent transmission as passengers board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For up to date shuttle and VOLT schedules, visit the UTRGV Parking and Transportation Services\u2019 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utrgv.edu\/parking-and-transportation-services\/\">website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FOR VAQUERO NEWS, I\u2019M JUSTIN ELIZALDE<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTRGV Parking and Transportation Services is ready to meet the challenges of providing passengers a safe ride on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brownsville","category-edinburg","category-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Transportation services keeping riders and drivers safe - The Valley&#039;s Student Station<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transportation services keeping riders and drivers safe - The Valley&#039;s Student Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UTRGV Parking and Transportation Services is ready to meet the challenges of providing passengers a safe ride on\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-24T15:00:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Justin Elizalde\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Justin Elizalde\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Justin Elizalde\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dcba9f0b334992551a93f51b0c493bfa\"},\"headline\":\"Transportation services keeping riders and drivers safe\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-24T15:00:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/\"},\"wordCount\":337,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Brownsville\",\"Edinburg\",\"Radio\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/\",\"name\":\"Transportation services keeping riders and drivers safe - The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-24T15:00:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1440},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Transportation services keeping riders and drivers safe\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":946,\"caption\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dcba9f0b334992551a93f51b0c493bfa\",\"name\":\"Justin Elizalde\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce271458be82d4ab48fc96b905bf7807013cea1acccf517a2c8a6cd0182a1937?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce271458be82d4ab48fc96b905bf7807013cea1acccf517a2c8a6cd0182a1937?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Justin Elizalde\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/author\/justin-elizalde\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Transportation services keeping riders and drivers safe - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Transportation services keeping riders and drivers safe - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","og_description":"UTRGV Parking and Transportation Services is ready to meet the challenges of providing passengers a safe ride on","og_url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/","og_site_name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","article_published_time":"2020-08-24T15:00:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Justin Elizalde","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Justin Elizalde","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/"},"author":{"name":"Justin Elizalde","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dcba9f0b334992551a93f51b0c493bfa"},"headline":"Transportation services keeping riders and drivers safe","datePublished":"2020-08-24T15:00:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/"},"wordCount":337,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Brownsville","Edinburg","Radio"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/","name":"Transportation services keeping riders and drivers safe - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2020-08-24T15:00:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1800-Profile-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1440},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/transportation-services-keeping-riders-and-drivers-safe\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Transportation services keeping riders and drivers safe"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/","name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization","name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png","width":2560,"height":946,"caption":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dcba9f0b334992551a93f51b0c493bfa","name":"Justin Elizalde","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce271458be82d4ab48fc96b905bf7807013cea1acccf517a2c8a6cd0182a1937?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce271458be82d4ab48fc96b905bf7807013cea1acccf517a2c8a6cd0182a1937?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Justin Elizalde"},"url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/author\/justin-elizalde\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2286"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2325,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286\/revisions\/2325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}