5-SURE, the free, student-staffed campus transportation service, has delayed starting operations until Tuesday. The staff is taking time to implement changes such as the use of Global Electric Motorcars rather than golf carts and the eventual operation of a weekend “party van.”

According to 5-SURE student manager Lawrence Zieske, a senior, the changes to the nightly service should make it broader and more efficient.

“Our purpose is to ensure that everyone on the Stanford campus feels safe by offering fast, safe and reliable rides on campus to men and women,” Zieske said.

Electric motorcars require the use of seatbelts and can travel up to 25 miles per hour, while golf carts only reach about 15 miles per hour. However, vehicle-switch also means that every 5-SURE driver will need to be retrained.

“We also need to rescan everybody’s drivers licenses to make sure everyone is an exemplary driver,” Zieske said.

Many students consider 5-SURE to be a very useful service, one which they look forward to having available for the rest of the year.

“I really could’ve used [5-SURE] one night,” said freshman Jasmine Aarons about a trip from Wilber back to her dorm room at FloMo. “We ended up almost off campus. It was so late and we were so utterly lost.”

According to Zieske, the service typically is not available until the second week of school because of the time needed to hire and train a full staff, but an extra week of training was necessary this year to introduce all new and returning 5-SURE drivers to the changes.

“We have a very small staff that returned, and we cannot get early housing, so we can’t get things started early, in the summer,” Zieske explained.

5-SURE was interested in making changes to its program for the past two years, Zieske said, but only began to implement such changes, with the help of the ASSU and its president, Chioke Borgelt-Mose, at the end of last year.

“Thanks to Chioke’s commitment, the longest people will have to wait this year is 10 minutes,” Zieske said, alluding to the common complaint that 5-SURE takes too long to arrive.

In addition to its nightly services, 5-SURE is working on running a “party van” on Friday and Saturday nights. Zieske described the vans as a “more reliable way to get to parties than the Marguerite.”

5-SURE, which is a part of Tresidder Meeting Services, worked with the ASSU as well as Stanford Student Enterprises, to create a plan for the van.

No firm schedule has been set for the start of van service, but ASSU Vice President Kory Vargas Caro said that a trial run will most likely start this quarter.

“5-SURE’s first priority will always be the safety of Stanford students, but the demand for 5-SURE is greater than they can provide, mostly from students going from party to party-which is fine-but we want to make sure that their first priority is maintained,” Vargas Caro said.

5-SURE will be using SSE vans for the new program, and Vargas Caro said the ASSU and 5-SURE will be “recording statistical information about how many people use it, how many people like it.”

Besides teaching all staff members to drive the electric motorcars, 5-SURE is extending its training to give its staff a broader understanding of issues peripheral to their roles as campus transporters.

5-SURE’s secondary goals include cutting down on alcohol abuse and drunk driving as well as increasing awareness of different resources available to students in areas like sexual safety on campus.

“We’re more involved in public safety,” Zieske said. “Vaden is going to be more involved, and staff meetings include talks with [Alcohol and Drug Educator] Ralph Castro and others about alcohol abuse and sexual assault. The Women’s Center is tentatively part of our training as well.”

5-SURE will be accepting applications for student staff up to Thursday. The final staff will consist of about 15 to 18 students.

“It pays pretty well, and we encourage anyone and everyone to apply,” Zieske said.

5-SURE runs Sundays through Thursdays from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.

“People should feel free and be encouraged to call because our staff will be able to handle it,” Zieske said.