"[The cabs] were hard to coordinate," says Heather Brome '00, who rows crew, adding that the vouchers were not given to athletes out of season.

And one early rider says there were also rumors of athletes selling the vouchers rather than using them to travel across the River.

Sullivan says athletes are not the only ones taking advantage of expanded service. After 7:30, most of the traffic is non-athletes who need a ride.

"It's amazing how many people are up this early coming back from studying," he says. "If you put the shuttle service available for everyone, the student body in general, they would take advantage of it."

Sullivan says he is surprised that students in other houses have not demanded the early service.

"From the number of people I see awake I dothink it would be a good idea," Sullivan says.

He too is an early riser. "Believe it or not, Idon't mind waking up early. I've found that if youdon't have to wait in line you get moreaccomplished," he says.

There were no lines at 6 a.m. on Friday asthere are for the popular late-morning shuttles,but the few athletes taking it said they were gladfor the warmth and speed. The walk form the Quadto the athletic facilities can take as long as 25minutes.

But the system in not perfect yet. Bromepointed out that since the early-morning shuttleruns on an irregular, as-needed basis, studentsstart walking if they do not fund a shuttlewaiting because they do not know when the next onewill come