The Capital Area Transit, or CAT, bus system made changes to its routes. Changes took effect Sunday and included the elimination of 13 routes and alterations to others.

Alterations included existing buses covering the areas neglected by the eliminated routes.

Routes run every 30 minutes during peak travel times, which are between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Buses that run between 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. will run hourly and on weekends.

The CAT transit system is also providing additional evening service and reduced headway for some main downtown routes. These routes will operate in 15-minute intervals during peak travel times.

To help eliminate confusion, there will be fewer routes servicing the same destinations.

N.C. State’s transportation planner, Michael Ousdahl, said he feels the changes are positive and make for a better experience for commuters who use the system.

“The good thing about these CAT service changes is it makes the system friendlier and simpler to use,” Ousdahl said.

David Eatman, Transit Administrator of the city of Raleigh, feels commuters at N.C. State will not be impacted in a negative way from the recent route adjustments.

“These changes have been made to provide a solid foundation for future growth and to make it easier for individuals who use the system,” Eatman said.

Eatman urges commuters who are traveling early in the morning or late in the evening to check the CAT transit website to educate themselves about the changes that been made.

Nicole Vayo, a junior in German studies, uses the CAT system to commute from her apartment to campus and said she feels CAT could have notified commuters about the changes in a more effective way.

“I didn’t hear anything about it or see advertisements on the bus for it,” Vayo said. “I looked on the website and I didn’t see anything either, so they definitely could have made it more known.”

Vayo was not the only student that was unaware of the recent changes to the CAT system.

 Josh Clark, a junior in computer engineering, said he noticed some signs about some changes, but was not entirely sure of what changes the CAT system had made.

“I noticed there were some changes on signs,” Clark said, “but I could not find anything about it online and this is the first time hearing about everything changing.”