On April 30, the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District discussed a number of proposed changes to campus bus routes at a public hearing held at the College of Law.

But while routes will not be altered until next semester, the changes are already being met with mixed opinions.

Sumona Ray, junior in Engineering, said she thinks making the adjustment to new routes will be inconvenient.

“I think it will be a hassle to learn the new routes,” Ray said. “I’ve been accustomed to the 22.”

According to a handout provided at the hearing, some of the major changes include the introduction of four nodes that provide access from campus to downtown Urbana and Champaign, as well as more rapid service. Familiar routes such as the 21 Quad and 26 Pack will be replaced by routes that transverse across town and through campus.

Tien Nguyen, sophomore in Engineering said it did not make sense that in order to get back to a particular spot on campus, students must ride around in circles.

“I’m glad that there will be improved access to downtown Champaign from the campus routes, since right now you have to take one of the community bus routes,” he added.

Nguyen said the new route will be convenient for him because two of the new routes pass by the apartment he will be living at next year. He added that he did not believe it was a problem that the new routes did not serve the Grainger Engineering Library, 1301 W. Springfield Ave., because there will still be routes that stop on both streets adjacent to it.

However, Ray said she felt the bus route changes inconvenienced some students, but benefited others.

“I study at Grainger a lot, and considering there won’t be a route directly behind Grainger, it is impractical,” Ray said.

Gayathri Subramanian, senior in Business, said she will be in graduate school next semester and that the new routes will not affect her daily routines too much.

“I live within walking distance to the buildings where my classes are held,” Subramanian said.

She added that getting off campus has not been a hassle but that the changes can only improve the system.

“I would go to the Main Library and was able to get off campus through one of the routes that traveled through town,” Subramanian said. “But it will be nice to be able to directly get off campus without making many transfers.”

She said she hoped that the new bus routes would provide more rapid service and was happy some of the routes will run late into the evening.

Subramanian said she thinks the people that will be most upset from the changes are users that are used to waking up and being able to ride the bus from their residence.

“You won’t be able to satisfy everyone; someone will have to make a longer walk than usual,” Subramanian said.