Kids Don't Ride Free Anymore

Think your vote doesn’t matter? Think your Board of Education eating up 57% of our budget to spend on high tech gadgets and Central Office Administrators instead of teachers and classrooms doesn’t matter because it's ‘for the children?’ Think again.


The Montgomery County Department of Transportation has notified residents that the Kids Ride Free Program (which offered free rides on weekdays from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) will be suspended on June 27, 2010, due to fiscal constraints. Students may still purchase a monthly Youth Cruiser Monthly Pass that offers unlimited rides on Ride-On buses only. This Youth Cruiser Monthly Pass is for kids, 18 years and younger, and the cost is $11. Secondary school students older than 18 years of age may also purchase the Youth Cruiser Monthly Passes.

The County offers a Youth Summer Cruiser Pass that provides unlimited rides for Ride-On buses that is available for $18. Here is the link to the Montgomery County website that gives additional information regarding these passes and places for students to purchase the passes.

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