Students will vote on a referendum in the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association election that would fund a new program providing free access to public transportation.
If the referendum is passed, each student would pay a quarterly fee of $2.65 for the Universal Access Transit Pass, a special card from LA Metro loaded with unlimited rides for undergraduate students, according to UCLA Transportation.
According to the referendum, UCLA would adjust the fee each year to account for changes in the cost of living. A quarter of fee revenue would go toward covering the cost of the transit pass program for students eligible for financial aid, UCLA Transportation said in a written statement. The initiative would expire after three academic years unless students vote to continue the program in a second referendum vote.
Students would be able to pick up their cards from the Central Ticket Office starting in the fall if the referendum is approved...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2023/04/02/students-to-vote-on-referendum-to-fund-transit-passes-with-students-fees.
Note: UCLA has a much more limited "BruinGo" program at present:
https://transportation.ucla.edu/getting-to-ucla/public-transit/bruingo-transit.
At one time, BruinGo had a more generous arrangement with the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus which substantially increased bus ridership:
Shoup, D. (2003). Chapter Five: Unlimited Access: An Evaluation of the UCLA BruinGo Program and its Lessons for California. California Policy Options 2003, UCLA: Luskin School of Public Affairs. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/43h7z089.
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