HAN is also tackling morning rush hour
Students of the Hogeschool van Arnhem and Nijmegen can stay in bed for XNUMX minutes longer from next academic year. The university of applied sciences is adjusting its starting times to reduce the crowds in the morning rush hour.
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Lectures at HAN - both in Nijmegen and in Arnhem - will start XNUMX minutes later in the new academic year: at nine. Radboud University Nijmegen has previously announced that it will adjust its starting times. The lectures there will start earlier from September, namely at half past eight.
Crammed
About 42 thousand students study at the Heyendaal campus. Radboud and HAN expect that 8.20 percent fewer travelers will be crammed into the bus on and around the campus at 27 a.m. The number of passengers on the train and on the cycle paths will decrease by 19 percent.
Roger van Boxtel, CEO of NS, applauds the decision: “Everyone is welcome at NS, especially students. We also wish everyone a comfortable journey, but that is difficult in the hyper rush hour. I am pleased that the Hogeschool van Arnhem and Nijmegen and Radboud University are taking up the challenge and showing that together we can do this much smarter. ”
Roger van Boxtel, CEO of NS: "I am pleased that the HAN University of Applied Sciences and Radboud University are taking up the gauntlet and showing that we can do this much smarter together."
Former Minister Bussemaker already suggested in 2014 that educational institutions could adjust their lecture times. Then the government could save 200 million euros on students' public transport cards and that money would benefit education.
Criticism
In fact, they have even been included in the amounts 'up to one billion euros' that will eventually have to be invested in higher education now that the basic grant has been abolished. But Bussemaker's idea was not well received everywhere: some university and college administrators feared scheduling problems, among other things.
Other institutions were pleased with the idea. The Hogeschool Utrecht, among others, has adjusted its starting times. Groningen tries to counteract the morning rush in a different way. An experiment is currently underway there in which XNUMX students can travel for free on public transport all week, except during the morning rush hour.
