ACC Students Ride Cap Metro for Free

Austin Community College students, faculty and staff will be able to ride Capital Metro services for free starting next year. The Green Pass pilot program is a collaboration between ACC and Cap Metro in which ACC will pay a discounted rate for each trip on the busy and rail services. 

The Capital Metro Board of Directors approved the new pilot program this afternoon at its regular meeting. The ACC Board of Trustees approved the program on Oct. 5.

Under the terms of the agreement, ACC will pay a discounted rate for each trip on bus and rail services. ACC is funding the program through its sustainability fee included in tuition.

Eligible ACC riders that are MetroAccess qualified will also have free access to paratransit service. Capital Metro will recover the full fare from ACC for MetroAccess trips. The new passes become effective January 5 to students, faculty and staff for use during the 2010 spring semester.

Riders will be required to swipe their Green Pass in the farebox and present their ACC issued ID when boarding Capital Metro buses. Capital Metro will track the ridership of Green Pass riders, which will be useful in determining the success of the program.

The Green Pass program is intended to reduce parking congestion around ACC campuses, increase ridership and improve air quality.
 

For more information on the program, visit the ACC web site.