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Rock Region METRO reports that UA-PTC student and employee ridership was up by more than 17% for the month of June from the same time a year ago.

UA-PTC students and employees are able to use their free UA-PTC ID card as their bus pass to ride to and from the college and anywhere else the bus system can take them. During the 2018-2019 academic year, UA-PTC began issuing IDs for individuals in its Veteran Upward Bound and Adult Education programs, allowing them to also take advantage of riding the Rock Region METRO Bus system.

Here are the numbers:
June 2019 Ridership - 3,627
June 2018 Ridership – 3,083
Increase in Ridership - 544
% Increase in Ridership – 17.65%

For more information, visit our Diamond Bus Pass Program webpage.