The Falcon Flyer is the new and free ride to all three campuses provided by Solano Community College. Soft-launched on April 14th at the Vallejo campus, the new program contains two vans; one going back and forth from the Vallejo campus to the Fairfield campus, and one doing the same from the Vacaville campus.

You have to sign in when you get on and off. There’s a website you can visit through a Q.R. code in order to sign up for a ride named share mobility, but if you don’t want to or are only riding it once, you can just sign in on the clipboard. There are seven seats on the van and its wheelchair accessible.

I rode on the Falcon Flyer about a month after it launched, and it was a pleasant experience. The van driver was very kind, and even opened the door for me. We circled up to the autotech center to check if anyone there needed a ride, but no one did. The ride to Fairfield went smooth and I was dropped off at the bus stop between the 500 and 600 building.

Even if you have a car, the Falcon Flyer might be a good option when you don’t want to burn unnecessary gas.

Although it still is in it’s testing stage, there are a few kinks that need to be worked out. One problem is that It’s unlike a bus station where there are specific times you can count on, but generally, it’s expected to pick up students every hour.

So, that means the only times you can be sure it will be there is at 7:30am and 2:30pm. It starts at 7:30am (pickup at Vallejo or Vacaville) and goes to 10:45am (pickup at Fairfield to go back to Vallejo or Vacaville); then picks back up at 2:30pm and last pickup/dropoff at Fairfield is 5:45pm.

Another problem is there is no information about the Falcon Flyer when you look it up on the Solano Community College website. Obviously that’s a problem, because people might want more information about it and not be able to get it.

The only information online is on the Solano Mobility website, which isn’t a school website so might not seem reputable or safe to students.

The SCC Instagram did post about the service and put a website to go to in the caption, but the website when looked up is taken to a “Falcon Flyer Customer Service Inquiry Form” which makes you send a message to get information.

The information should be accessible without having to choose a category, write a message, or put your name and email. It’s confusing and it should be under student services on the website.

While this is a great new addition to the college’s resources for students and solves a problem students and faculty have been complaining about for a while, there needs to be improvements to its schedule and communication of its services to students.