Cleveland Area Rapid Transit buses will increase its stops on the campus loop from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes, despite budget cuts.

This will provide students more opportunities to reach their on-campus destinations.

Vicky Holland, CART spokeswoman, said this summer, the City of Norman cut Norman’s bus system’s budget by 26 percent. Holland said CART decided to cut four of its routes.

According to a previous article by The Daily, CART has eliminated two of its four runs on the Little Axe Link route, discontinued stops Lexington and Noble on the Cleveland County Express, and altogether discontinued the West Norman Link route on Saturdays while only operating after 9 p.m. weekdays. However, Holland said routes that go to and through the campus have been positively affected.

“Twenty-six percent for us meant about $100,000,” Holland said. ”What we did was basically not cut any services for the student.”

Holland said the community hosted two meetings, and from both meetings, CART was able to make budget cuts based on the Norman community’s recommendations. These recommendations include a quicker route routine.

“We’ve improved the campus loop,” Holland said. “It used to be that we make it every 30 minutes. Now, we’re making it every 20 minutes.”

Holland said another improvement was a new map that specifically shows the layout of the campus loop that goes through the South Oval. Holland said posters will be put up on all four bus shelters before Monday.

“Hopefully, nobody will miss their bus,” Holland said. “Basically, that’s why we’re here — to help the student.”

CART user Becky Varghese said her apartment is on East Lindsey Street and last year the bus would come every hour. She said she thinks it’s wonderful that bus stop times have improved.

“There’s going to be less people riding at once,” Varghese said, a biochemistry sophomore. “There will be a lot less people because in the mornings, it can get crowded.”

Varghese said she had some concerns about the cut of non-OU routes since many people use it daily, not just OU students.

“This is a public transportation system,” Varghese said.”That’s not fair. Everybody uses it.”

English writing junior Matt Middleton said CART has been slow because of the construction on Jenkins Avenue and Lindsey Street during the summer and readjusting to the pace was difficult during the first days of summer classes, but he’s looking forward to bus making more stops.

“I like that a lot,” Middleton said. “That will give me leeway if I miss a bus. That won’t be a big deal since there will be another one.”