{"id":2047,"date":"2023-04-06T11:33:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T18:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2023-04-06T13:54:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T20:54:37","slug":"ufv-exams-and-transit-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/2023\/04\/06\/ufv-exams-and-transit-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"UFV exams and transit strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The transit strike is anticipated to continue throughout the UFV exam period. <strong>All UFV exams at all campuses will continue as scheduled.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Students: <\/strong>please allow extra time for your commute. If you cannot get to campus because you depend on transit, please be sure to contact your instructor or your professor well before your exam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty:<\/strong>\u00a0thank you in advance for your efforts to accommodate students that require assistance.\u00a0 Please feel free to reach out to the Teaching and Learning Centre for support in identifying options if needed.<\/p>\n<p>HandyDART service for customers will have limited availability according to this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bctransit.com\/central-fraser-valley\/news?nid=1529722036325\">bulletin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The UFV SUS shuttle will continue to run \u2014\u00a0updates will be posted on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ufvsus.ca\/campus-shuttle\">SUS shuttle page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transit areas affected: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack, Harrison, Agassiz, the District of Kent, and Hope.\u00a0The Fraser Valley Express service (#66) will also be impacted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increased traffic: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UFV campuses may experience an increase in vehicle traffic which will impact parking lots and drop-off zones. Please allow extra time for your commute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carpooling, car sharing, and drop-off\/pick-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You may want to investigate ride-sharing with fellow students or colleagues. Options include using online carpool apps or ride-share providers. If you are being dropped off and picked up at UFV, please ensure you plan these locations in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Further updates will be posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/\">ufv.ca<\/a> and shared on UFV\u2019s social media channels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-30-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The transit strike is anticipated to continue throughout the UFV exam period. All UFV exams at all campuses will continue as scheduled.\u00a0 Students: please allow extra time for your commute. If you cannot get to campus because you depend on transit, please be sure to contact your instructor or your professor well before your exam. &#8230; <a title=\"UFV exams and transit strike\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/2023\/04\/06\/ufv-exams-and-transit-strike\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2047"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2051,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions\/2051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}