Presented as attached, with additional points from work since report written:
- City council will continue subsidising evening fares
- Putting out a transport survey – this will go out in May to feed into changes to be made over the summer
- Have met with Uni’s contract manager – trying to find a good middle ground where buses work for students but also UniLink.
- Have put some video content from the SusuSabbs account highlighting changes that have been made in the Shop and the Stag’s – these have performed well and got good engagement, shown by increased number of You Make Changes received
- Bench has been added to Redbrick so students don't have to stand when waiting for the Safety Bus. Details on safety bus have been publicised so more people know how it works.
The following questions were raised:
- Do you have a timeline for gathering bus data and ensuring it reaches the relevant students? This will work through the university's transport survey. Unlilink have rider data but it isn’t good – frequency of buses can be increased but underused buses tend to have their frequency reduced (making them less useful, so usage goes down, etc)
- What is nightbus frequency? Will need to double check, more frequent at weekends.
- How can Sports fixtures be suggested for showing in Stags? Students can DM SUSU Instagram accounts or e-mail subars@soton.ac.uk. Would be good to have a simpler method to get in touch.
- Is there anywhere we can find an overview of all the SUSU Social Media channels/IG accounts? We should link these together - will chat to Marketing!
- Is SUSU working on anything to improve busyness of venues on 'off' days? Planning to try out soup/meal/cake of the day to encourage students into the Bridge on specific days. Happy to hear more ideas! Things like Quiz & Chips seem to work well.
- What is being done to inform students of Renters Rights Act changes? Govt rules say rental agencies have to do this but yes working with housing groups to ensure students are informed.
- When is Building 75 (the North Easy Quadrant) planned to open? September 2027
- Could live info on Safety Bus be displayed on the SUSU website or MySouthampton? Don’t have live info as it doesn’t follow set routes – can’t share location as it drops people off at their houses and we don’t want to dox people!