<p>What big-city (Boston, D.C., L.A., New York, whatever) schools either provide free transportation (through shuttles) or transportation passes for their students to use local mass-transit?</p>
<p>I'm not planning on taking a car to college, and so I'm trying to figure in the cost of transportation.</p>
<p>I know DePaul University in Chicago has a "U-Pass" for people using CTA trains and buses. Other schools in Chicago might as well.</p>
<p>I knew about DePaul, but that's exactly the type of pass I'm looking for.</p>
<p>Anyone know any schools, particularly in D.C. and Boston?</p>
<p>rice? not sure</p>
<p>At WUSTL your student ID gets you free use of the metro (train) and city buses. There is a metro station on campus and it is easy to take it directly to the airport or the galleria.</p>
<p>Found out that Loyola Chicago provides a UPass included in tuition.</p>
<p>I know that Fordham has the RamVan....I'm not sure exactly how it works though.</p>
<p>As for D.C., I know that at GWU you're in walking distance of almost everything.</p>
<p>Boston- Brandeis has free busing I think</p>
<p>UCSD - bus line has a thirty mile radius. Yay for teenagers without cars!</p>
<p>Berkeley is great for public transportation. I never had a car while I was at school.</p>
<p>UC offers a discount pass for the AC Transit busses - $30/month for unlimited rides. However, if you live on or near-campus you can walk or bike to a lot of locations. BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit subway system) will get you to the airport, Oakland and San Francisco...the Berkeley BART station is on the west end of campus.</p>
<p>I've also heard the University of Colorado at Boulder provides free transportation to Denver, can anyone confirm this?</p>
<p>uw provides cheap transportation around seattle if i remember correctly..</p>
<p>UPitt students can ride any public transportation for free using their Panther Card, including the scenic inclines and the bus to the airport.</p>
<p>Yes ... Rice provides free transportation on the bus system and light rail to students, not to mention free access to the zoo!</p>
<p>Boston doesnt. That's for sure.</p>
<p>I think that Pitt does.</p>
<p>If I'm not mistaken, Carnegie Mellon has a similar deal as UPitt.</p>
<p>Trinity College has a U-Pass system as well. It is issued every semester, and is good on CT Transit buses. We also have a shuttle that takes us anywhere within a 15-block radius of campus. There is also a bus that takes students to downtown Hartford every Thursday night. Campus Safety is also always willing to transport students around campus.</p>
<p>Recently the student government proposed the implementation of ZipCars on campus, so that is in the works as well.</p>
<p>Actually Berkeley's tuition includes free AC transit. Not that the OP was looking at the West coast, I was just responding to UCBChemEGrad.</p>