**PUBLIC NOTICE*** New Metrobus Benefits for School Transit Subsidy Participants (Washington D.C.) The Council of the District of Columbia recently passed legislation that eliminated Metrobus fare charges for students participating in the District Department of Transportation’s (DDOT) School Transit Subsidy Program (STSP) on official school days. The “Ride Free on Bus” program will allow District school students to use Metrobus without charge Monday to Friday, from 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., during the regular2013-2014 school year. The “Ride Free on Bus” program ends after 8 p.m. on weekdays. After8:00 p.m. on weekdays, and on weekends, students will be required to use their purchased monthly rail / bus pass or a 10-trip bus pass for discounted Metrobus service during the regular school year. The “Ride Free on Bus” program begins Monday, August 12, but students can only utilize the program once their schools have opened for the2013-2014 school year. For this new program, DDOT and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) are requiring D.C. Public School (DCPS) students to use their DC One Card. Charter and private school students will also be required to use a DC One Card for the new Metrobus program and to access other student discounted services, but will be allowed to apply for a DDOT Student Metro Travel Card to use in the interim until they receive their DC One Cards. For more information, please call 202-673-1740(9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday to Friday) or email DDOT’s Customer Service Clearinghouse [email protected]. For more information on the STSP, please visitddot.dc.gov/SchoolTransitSubsidy. ###
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:08:17 +0000
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