Free Bus Travel for Everyone -also visit the TIC!
2011 - 2012 ABQRide Free Bus Stickers Now Available
YOU MUST REPLACE THE 2011 STICKER NO LATER THAN AUGUST 31, 2011
UNMH/HSC staff please click HERE.
UNM Parking & Transportation Services (PATS) announced today that the ABQRide Free Bus Pass Program will continue for the 2011-2012 academic year with distribution of the required #12 sticker beginning Aug. 1. The program provides current students, staff, and faculty free, unlimited travel on the City of Albuquerque bus system, ABQRide, through the use of an annual sticker placed on university-issued identification cards. This will be the fifth year the program will be offered at UNM.
"More and more students, staff, and faculty are using the ABQRide Free Bus Pass Program to get to and from campus," said Robert Nelson, interim director of PATS. "UNM ridership for the 2010-2011 academic year increased 8 percent compared to the previous year."
The ABQRide Free Bus Pass Program began in 2007 for UNM students and was expanded to staff and faculty the following year, including UNM Hospital staff. The program allows members of the UNM community to travel on any ABQRide bus for free, including the city's popular Rapid Ride buses. The program excludes transportation for city special events such as the park and ride program for the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta or State Fair.
To receive the 2011-2012 program sticker, current students, staff, or faculty must prove their eligibility. Students must bring a copy of the fall 2011 class schedule to a distribution location; staff and faculty must bring a printout of their expanded record in the UNM directory. The sticker may only be issued on a current Lobo or Health Sciences Center ID.
2011-2012 ABQRide Free Bus Pass Stickers will be available at the following locations beginning Monday, Aug. 1.
YOU MUST REPLACE THE 2011 STICKER NO LATER THAN AUGUST 31, 2011
- UNM Student Union Building -Transportation Information Center (Plaza Level)
- UNM Student Union Building - Welcome Desk
- UNM Medical/Legal Bookstore (North Campus) - Beginning September 1, 2011
- UNM Parking and Transportation Services
- UNM Hospital Parking and Transportation Services
- UNM Bookstore -Main Campus - Beginning September 1, 2011
The free bus pass sticker program is just one of many free and low cost transportation programs offered by PATS. For more information about ABQRide, planning your alternative transportation trip, or other alternative transportation programs visit PATS'
Transportation Information Center in the plaza level of the Student Union Building. You can also contact the Transportation Information Center at 277-1920.
UNM staff and faculty members as well as students are eligible to benefit from this program. Staff and faculty members -including HSC and UNM Hospital staff- need to present a printout of their UNM Directory personnel details in order to validate their identity. Click below:
UNM Faculty, Staff and Student Directory
If you're not yet on the UNM Directory, an offer-of-emloyment letter is usually acceptable as proof of ID and any other corroborating information.
Sorry, retirees are not eligible for this program.
The sticker is then placed on their respective ID card.
SUB Welcome desk
T: 277-2331
Transportation Information Center (TIC)
T: 277-1920
E: TIC@parking.unm.edu
Bookstore
T: 277-5451
E: bkcstsrv@unm.edu
Medical Bookstore
North Campus
T: 277-5827
E: bkcstsrv@unm.edu
UNM PATS
T: 272-1938
E: parktran@unm.edu
All UNMH/HSC applicants, please contact:
Grace Lucero
Parking and Transportation Services at UNM Hospital
2nd Floor, UNM Hospital, Room 2ACC
T: 277-2111
E: glucero@salud.unm.edu
Please note that the program only includes ABQ Ride/Rapid Ride transport. New Mexico Rail Runner is not a participant of this program. For bus routes and schedules visit www.cabq.gov/transit.
For Northern New Mexico city-to-city commuting, visit All Aboard America
If you have any problems obtaining a bus pass sticker, please contact bkilburn@parking.unm.edu.
