Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.91
Liaison Nathan King
Submission Date Aug. 2, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

Virginia Tech
OP-T2-29: Mass Transit

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Deborah Freed
Alternative Transportation Manager
Transportation and Campus Services
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Does the institution offer free or reduced price transit passes and/or operate a free campus shuttle?:
Yes

A brief description of the program:

Virginia Tech has a student transit fee that covers students riding the local transit, Blacksburg Transit, fare-free. Virginia Tech offers reduced cost monthly permits for our regional transit (Smart Way).

To view an article about Blacksburg Transit reaching its 3 millionth rider, please see: http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2010/05/2010-442.html


The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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