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Volunteer Transportation

One of the challenges for the volunteers is shuttle transportation, both to our work shifts and to see any of the events.

The transportation routes aren’t set up such that I know I am on Route #12 and there is a bus once an hour on the :15. I just know I’m on Route #12 and that there are 3 times in the morning I can catch a bus, then no more until late afternoon.

This is great when I go to my shifts, but not when I’m done at 2. If I want to go to an event afterwards, I don’t have an easy option. I can’t just take Route #27, for example. And once I get to the venue, there are limited options back to Sokcho without having to pay $100 one-way cab fare.

Some individuals are being assigned shifts without transportation scheduled. I have a shift next Saturday at 2 p.m. but the last shuttle leaves at 9:30, so I’ll have about 3 hours to kill before my shift starts.

If there are alternatives, they aren’t being communicated. So, we’re having to be very go-with-the-flow, which some volunteers are having a hard time with. Especially those in accommodations in more remote areas where there isn’t much to do.

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