{"id":27242,"date":"2017-07-28T11:37:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T17:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=27242"},"modified":"2017-07-28T11:37:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T17:37:15","slug":"students-to-ride-city-bus-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=27242","title":{"rendered":"Students to ride city bus for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosprings.gov\/department\/91\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-27243 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/metro-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/metro-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/metro.jpg 720w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/metro-174x98.jpg 174w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/metro-150x83.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>UCCS students can ride any fixed-route Mountain Metro bus for free this fall as part of a new pilot program.<\/p>\n<p>By swiping their student identification cards, UCCS students will have unlimited access to the city bus system. UCCS paid the $5 per student fee as a pilot. Students will vote on a ballot measure to continue to fund the program with student fees in early 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a fantastic addition to the transportation options available for our students,\u201d Chancellor Venkat Reddy said. \u201cMany on-campus students do not have a car and with two Mountain Metro bus stops right on our campus it will be convenient, affordable access for all students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colorado College is also participating in the program. Its students will also ride Mountain Metro buses at no charge.<\/p>\n<p>Mountain Metropolitan Transit provides local fixed-route bus service and Metro Mobility ADA paratransit service for Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region. All buses use clean diesel technology and are wheelchair-lift equipped. Mountain Metropolitan Transit also provides other services such as Metro Rides\u2019 ridesharing, vanpool, and bicycling programs. For added convenience, there are bike racks on all buses for riders who want to utilize the bike-n-bus program. For additional information regarding Mountain Metropolitan Transit please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmtransit.com\/\">www.mmtransit.com<\/a> or call (719) 385-RIDE (7433).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>UCCS students can ride any fixed-route Mountain Metro bus for free this fall as part of a new pilot program. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=27242\" title=\"Students to ride city bus for free\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":27243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/metro.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-75o","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27244,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27242\/revisions\/27244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}