NCSU Transportation is conducting a study on the efficiency of the bus services on campus, in conjunction with Campus Police, University Housing and Student Government, according to Bobby Mills, student body president.

The Werewolf is due to undergo changes based on the results of the current studies Transportation is conducting to measure the needs of transportation on campus.

Slade McCalip, assistant director of Transportation, said a lot of research has gone into improving the night service buses — including reviewing case studies from similar-sized universities.

“The point of doing the study is so we can get the most out of the night service buses for the funding,” McCalip said. “We’re definitely going to improve the night service. We’re trying to figure out when and where.”

Newer buses have been outfitted with counters that record the number of students boarding and exiting buses. The counters also take into account when and where the students get on and exit the buses.

Mills, a junior in political science, said Student Government’s ultimate goal, in regards to Transportation, is to improve the Werewolf night service by making it an on-demand service.

“I wanted to make sure that we could change the Werewolf service,” he said.

Mills said Student Government hopes that Transportation will come to the conclusion that on-demand, 15-passenger vans would be a more effective alternative to the Werewolf routes.

Tom Kendig, director of Transportation, said he is interested in improving the overall transportation service by analyzing and evaluating the bus routes.

“We’re re-examining the options for the bus routes to see if we should continue the [current] routes,” Kendig said.

McCalip said Transportation plans to finish its study sometime in the spring and implement the most efficient form of night transportation by next fall.

He said Transportation is holding expectation meetings to get essential feedback from campus constituents.