The University of New Mexico Parking and Transportation Services Department, in conjunction with the City of Albuquerque Transportation Department, is continuing the free LoboRide Bus Pass sticker program for the upcoming academic year for UNM students, staff and faculty.
The program, launched for UNM students in 2007 and expanded for staff and faculty the following year, provides free bus travel on any City of Albuquerque bus, including the Rapid Ride, excluding certain special events. The program allows the pass-holder to use as much of the city's bus transit system as they choose, as often as they like.
It is expected that this program will continue to reduce the university’s carbon footprint by allowing more members of the UNM community to take the bus to class or work, and then take advantage of the FlexCar rental program provided by the UNM Parking and Transportation Services Department.
"Sustainability is one of our Department's, and the University's, core values," says PATS Director Clovis Acosta. "Free public transportation for UNM is one way that we can all show commitment to both University success and environmental sustainability."
All 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 – will need to present a printout of their UNM Directory personnel history in order to validate their identity. The sticker is then placed on their respective ID card. In order to prove student status, students need to bring a copy of their Fall 09 schedule, and their student LOBO ID card, to any of the following locations:
• UNM Student Union Building Welcome Desk
• UNM Bookstore
• UNM Medical/Legal Bookstore (North Campus)
• UNM Parking and Transportation Offices
• UNM LoboCard Office (not available until Sept. 14)
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and UNM Hospital will be issuing stickers to their own personnel. If you have a sticker for the 2008-2009 academic year, it will need to be updated with a new sticker.
For further information, please contact Brian Kilburn at bkilburn@parking.unm.edu/a>
Media contact: Benson Hendrix (505) 277-1816; email bhendrix@unm.edu
Posted by kwentworth at July 30, 2009 01:55 PM