 I wouldn't say it's the quickest way, it's just the only way. Hello, my name is Willem Schultz and welcome to CalTV News. Have you seen these yellow loop benches around campus? Have you ever wondered who is this for, who's allowed to ride the loop? Maybe you've seen the golf carts driving around. Well, in today's episode, we're going to take an inside look at UC Berkeley's latest campus transportation. We'll be interviewing students at the Disability Lab, hearing about how to use loop as well as some grievances students have for the service. This is JR, or Justin Robin Porto, and I'm a fifth year studying bioengineering. I use the loop every day, actually. It's the only way I'm able to get to class. So, to use the loop, I got it through the ESP, the Disabled Students Program, and then I believe they send an application to, I'm not sure it's parking transportation, but it's a different subsection of the ESP. It gives you accommodations, and they give you access to the loop. But then once you have all of that, you usually download the app, and then when you download the app, it's kind of like, I kind of consider it like your personal, like a UC Berkeley Uber, and then there are specific places that you can get picked up. There are now, and we're just now designated by the loop bench. So if you're around campus, you'll see like a yellowish bench, and that's where the loop cars will come pick up and drop off riders. So you pick the location that you want to get picked up, and then dropped off, and then that's when you wait for the drivers to pick you up. Now the drive, so the cars can pick you up from a range of 10 minutes to 40 minutes. I'm Arnav Rukta, I'm a second year undergraduate. So when I came to Berkeley for the first time, I really wanted a type of service that could help me get from place to place, especially as a freshman, I didn't know where places were. So I contacted DSP about the loop and whether a person with an automatic wheelchair could use the loop, they assured me that there was a vehicle that was suitable for power tears and power to lift and everything, but I went to the loop office and they said they don't yet have that vehicle. One comparable car has been released on October 28th after recording. Because I wouldn't say it's the quickest way, it's just the only way. I have classes in Etch-a-Berry, and so the only way for me to get to Etch-a-Berry is to use the loop, but the loop doesn't go all the way to Etch-a-Berry. The farthest it can go is Corey Hall. I know the loop drivers are trying their best, and I made good connections with all of them, so I don't hate them at all, and I can see even they are having a hard time, they're stressed out because they really do care about their riders, and they are trying their best to make sure that each student is getting to their destination on time. So I can see them doing their work, but I do think the university needs to give them more of resources to have them expand their reach so that they can help more students who need this resource. The part that was accessible for like motorized wheelchairs and other wheelchair users would be great. I guess I want to see Berkeley a lot more, to be a lot more accessible in general in the lab last semester, I did like an ADA audit of campus, and what that showed me is while there are some spaces on campus that are accessible, a majority of them have certain limitations or issues in terms of access. Thank you so much for watching. My name is Willem Schultz, and this has been CalTV News. We'll see you next time.