College Perks?

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<p>Out of curiosity, do college students in large cities like Boston or New York get discounts on public transportation?</p>

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<p>It depends on the school. At Rice, all students receive a “Passport to Houston” that offers discounted (or free) transportation, free visits to art museums, zoo, etc. [Passport</a> to Houston | Passport to Houston](<a href=“http://students.rice.edu/students/Passport.asp]Passport”>http://students.rice.edu/students/Passport.asp)</p>

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<p>As far as New York goes:</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure that students pay the same rate as everyone else for public transportation. Correct me if I’m wrong.</p>

<p>But there are other perks. Some schools have asociations with musuems, such as the MoMA, and if you present your student I.D., you get a discount or a free ticket.</p>

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<p>Not a large city, but Brown and RISD students bout use RIPTA (Rhode Island Public Transit Authority) for free.</p>

<p>Well, it’s free as in you don’t pay when you get on the bus, but it’s because both schools pay RIPTA to give us all free unlimited passes with our IDs.</p>

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<p>There aren’t any college discounts for public transportation in NYC. However, NYU has it’s own shuttle bus system which may be helpful depending on where you’re going.</p>

<p>If I’m not mistaken, Pittsburgh has discounts.</p>

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<p>At Wisconsin all students get a bus pass for the city bus system.</p>

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<p>At W&M all city buses are free. Admission to Colonial Williamsburg is also free, which is a great perk! For UVA, all city buses are free too.</p>

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<p>no discounts on transportation in NYC :(</p>

<p>nyu gives us discounts for just about everything else though.</p>

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<p>At some Chicago Schools (Loyola Chicago and DePaul) the students get free passes for the EL and the buses.</p>

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<p>PC students can ride the RIPTA buses or trolleys for FREE to anywhere in Rhode Island, including these popular places: </p>

<pre><code>* Providence Place Mall

  • Thayer Street
  • Shaw’s Supermarket Plaza
  • Basketball games at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center
  • Providence Amtrak Station
  • Bonanza Bus Lines
  • Greyhound Bus Lines
  • Block Island Ferry
  • Newport
    </code></pre>
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<p>in santa barbara, all UCSB students get free rides on the local bus system</p>

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<p>“At Wisconsin all students get a bus pass for the city bus system.”</p>

<p>Yeah, for the like 2 months out of the year that the bus system isn’t iced in. Brrrr</p>

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<p>I don’t think tufts could afford to get us reduced rates on public transport</p>

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<p>Does anyone know what sections I on xollege websites to find this information?</p>

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<p>Student life? student affairs? it’s different for each school I’m sure. It may be easier to ask on CC.</p>

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<p>[A</a> fun perk for Penn students that’s pretty stereotypical of Philly…](<a href=“http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v207/194/33/741975120/n741975120_3626076_2030.jpg]A”>http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v207/194/33/741975120/n741975120_3626076_2030.jpg) I’m 99% sure that there exist more, and better, perks. Hopefully I’ll discover some of them net year.</p>

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<p>NYU students can get Broadway tix for $30-40 and baseball tickets for less than 10 bucks. No Metrocard discounts though.</p>

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<p>Iowa State runs the bus system that covers Ames. ISU students ride for free, everyone else has to pay $1. I guess it has won a bunch of awards for public transportation awesomeness.</p>

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<p>What are the Quaker 100 points in, the GREs?</p>

<p>The Ames bus system should get awards for handling the heavy tourist traffic.</p>