SacRT Board votes to reduce K-12 monthly bus pass fare
The SacRT Board of Directors voted on Dec. 11 to reduce the price of the student monthly bus pass from $55 to $20, a 65% decrease in cost.
The fare reduction is part of a six-month pilot program to increase Sac RT's ridership, which is good news for our K-12 students who rely on public transportation. It's part of an Sac RT's Ridership Building Initiative.
"It's our hope that students in grades K-12 will adopt this mode of travel as they becoming adults, so providing them affordable transit access youth seems to be an excellent approach," said SacRT Board Chair Andy Morin.
The $20 student monthly pass and $10 semi-monthly student pass will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2018, and will remain in effect until June 30, 2018. Advance sales of the January monthly pass will begin on Dec. 20, at the reduced price.