U Pass/Metro Pass
Since 2000, the University’s U-Pass and
Metro Pass programs have offered students
and faculty/staff a low-cost, unlimited ride
transit pass that is good on every bus and
rail route in the Twin Cities. The program
has been a tremendous success with more
than 20,000 students using the U-Pass
program in fall 2007. Transit ridership at the
University has increased 146 percent since
the program was introduced, reducing more
than 50,000 vehicle miles and saving more
than 2,000 gallons of gasoline daily. The
reduced driving also eliminates more than
220 tons of carbon monoxide and 4,500
tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
http://www1.umn.edu/pts/upass.htm
http://www1.umn.edu/pts/metropass.htm
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