SF State students missed class time and tests waiting an hour for the SF State shuttle service today. The drivers were attending a meeting about an upcoming faster route.

“We’re trying to get to the last few minutes of class,” said Mae Sabit, a senior who was the first in line for the shuttle when it arrived at 11:55 a.m.

“I think we had a couple quiz questions today,” said Chaz Chan, who, like Sabit, was missing his Variations of Human Sexuality class that started at 11:10 a.m.

Around five students sped across the Daly City BART station to catch the MUNI 28 bus, but most of them stared off into space, muttered to themselves about the tests and assignments they were missing, or read.

“I’m not a bus person,” said Sabit. “It’s a shuttle because it’s free, rather than a bus where you have to pay.”

Tonya Pischke, the driver of one held-up vehicle, said she was late because of a meeting.

“This was a special driver’s meeting about the new route,” said Pischke, who has been driving the shuttle for three years.

“We’re not going to have four or five meetings with the drivers,” she added, explaining why all of the drivers needed to be there.

No meetings are planned for the future, according to Pischke.

“There was no need to notify; it was only a 15 minute interruption,” said Patricia Tovar from SFSU Parking and Transportation. She said the meeting was the only cause for the delay. Tovar supervises the drivers, according to Pishke.

Delays would continue throughout the day.

Shortly after 3:30 p.m., 15 students waited at the shuttle stop outside of the Humanities building. Spenser Nottage, a cinema major, was first in line and said he, too, had been waiting for nearly an hour.

Normally a shuttle arrives at the Daly City BART station every 15 to 20 minutes, and makes 3 stops on campus. The 28 bus line also stops at the BART station and goes to SFSU, but costs $1.50 for adults.

Drivers will only make three stops when the new route begins: the Daly City BART station, 19th Ave, and University Park North Apartments/Stonestown Shopping Center. Students will only have to wait 10 to 15 minutes beginning October 1st, according to SFSU Parking and Transportation’s website.

“The shuttle service is a courtesy service,” said Pishke.