By Liam Chavez
Norwalk Community Community College students and staff gathered at the West Campus bus stop on Tuesday afternoon to protest the Norwalk Transit District’s offer to shut down the Norwalk Commuter Shuttle that brings students from the South Norwalk train station to NCC with fewer stops than other routes. Photo by Liam Chavez
“This is another obstacle that’s in the way of trying to get an education,” said Lexi Kleinman, president of the NCC Student Government Association. Currently, these students and staff who take public transportation to NCC may have to wait 40 minutes for the alternate Route 11, Route 13, or Connecticut Avenue evening shuttle buses to arrive.
Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling spoke about his own time studying at NCC. He was joined by State Sen. Bob Duff, who sent a letter to Morton last month saying he was “disheartened” by the transit district’s suspension of the shuttle that is an “essential means of transportation for NCC students, faculty and staff.”
Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling attends a rally to save the Norwalk Community College shuttle on campus on Jan. 25. Photo by Liam Chavez
State Sen. Bob Duff attends a rally on campus to save the Norwalk Community College shuttle that transports passengers from the Metro-North train station to the college. Photo by Liam Chavez
Faculty and staff joined the protest at Norwalk Community College on Jan. 25.