Transportation Tuesday
In this Issue:
- Spring Break 2026 parking guidelines
- Spring Break airport shuttles
- Question about ride boards
Today I have a few items related to Spring Break (Monday, March 9 through Friday, March 13) and/or travel and transportation. Read what is useful to you, scroll past anything that does not apply.
Spring Break 2026 parking guidelines
Spring Break is coming up in early March. Our Transportation and Parking Services office has shared some guidelines about where students can park during Spring Break:
“All vehicles with an off-campus permit (first year, sophomore, evening, and Winston Salem First Church/Reynolda Village) can park on campus during spring break (Friday, March 6 @ 4:00 p.m. – Monday, March 16 @ 8:00 a.m.), but are required to park in general lots. Avoid leaving your vehicle in faculty/staff/visitor lots and faculty/staff spaces.”
Spring Break airport shuttles
Registration is open for Spring Break airport shuttles to Greensboro (PTI airport) and Charlotte (CLT).
We do not offer shuttles to Raleigh-Durham (RDU). If transportation is needed to RDU (or to Charlotte or Greensboro outside our posted airport shuttle schedule), you can talk to Black Tie Transportation to make a reservation (or Uber, etc.).
Question about ride boards
I’ve gotten a couple of questions from families asking about ride boards (either a physical bulletin board or an electronic version) so students seeking rides for breaks and other times can connect with potential drivers. We do not have one, but sadly it is not for lack of trying.
Campus colleagues have tried multiple times over the course of several years to get a ride share solution integrated into our campus culture. They tried different rideshare options and platforms, including an app that was built for Wake Forest students by a Wake Forest student. The result: students did not want to use these services. In asking why they would not use the available rideshares, students told us that there were two main barriers: 1) students do not want to ride with a “stranger” (even if they go to Wake) and 2) perceived difficulty aligning schedules.
Students have preferred to use their own organic systems: many student organizations (or friend groups, residential communities, etc.) have their own informal ride-sharing systems (Google sheets or other formats), because students tend to want to seek rides from their own social circle. For students who are new to Wake or do not have a group that shares ride info, the airport shuttles we offer at break times have been successful in getting students to the Greensboro or Charlotte airports.
When checking with my colleagues on this, they told me that they field a lot of questions and requests from students, but can’t even remember the last time a student brought up wanting ride sharing. While the idea of having a ride board may be a salient question in parents and families’ minds, it does not seem to be so for our students.
That’s all the news I have for the day. Have a great evening, all!