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Submitted by Jessica Dyer
Beginning Monday, August 20, 2007 – the first day of the fall semester – University of New Mexico students can ride any ABQ RIDE city bus for free by showing a UNM student ID card marked with a Lobo Ride Pass sticker. The stickers are being distributed at multiple locations on campus.
Starting Monday, August 13, 2007, stickers will be available from the UNM Parking and Transportation Office, the Student Union Building (SUB) Information Desk and Student Housing. Stickers also will be available from the ABQ RIDE booth on campus during “Welcome Back Days” (Aug. 20-24). Starting Friday, September 7, the UNM Bookstore and Lobo Card Office will also be distributing stickers.
To obtain a sticker, students must present a current, printed schedule and their student identification card. All currently enrolled students qualify for the Lobo Ride Pass.
Students have several options when riding the bus to campus. UNM is served by eight different bus routes: 5-Montgomery/Carlisle, 11-Lomas, 12-Constitution Commuter, 16/18-Broadway/University/Gibson, 50-Airport/Downtown, 66-Central, 92-Taylor Ranch Express, 766-Rapid Ride Red Line (Central), and 790-Rapid Ride Blue Line (Montano Plaza to UNM).
For more information on bus routes or schedules, call 505-243-RIDE(7433) or visit their website.
The City of Albuquerque’s ParaTransit Advisory Board meets from 10 a.m. to 12 noon the first Wednesday of each month at the Alvarado Transportation Center, 100 First Street SW, second floor. For more information about attending the meetings, call Jennifer Zimmer at 505-724-3174.
Nothing’s hotter this summer than ABQ RIDE’s Summer Fun Pass. The pass gives students ages 5-18 discounts on food and entertainment and provides unlimited access to all ABQ RIDE buses.
Valued at more than $200, the pass sells for just $13. Passes are valid from May 1 through August 31.
The ABQ RIDE Summer Fun Pass features summer-long discounts at JC’s NYPD Pizza, Paint-Ball Action Inc., Putt-Putt Golf Courses, Batter’s Edge Batting Cages, Holiday Bowl, Baskin Robbins, Cold Stone Creamery and City of Albuquerque swimming pools.
The pass also includes one-time coupons for Industrial Rideshop, Vitality Juice & Smoothies, the National Atomic Museum, Hinkle Family Fun Center, the Rio Grande Zoo, ITZ and McDonald’s.
The ABQ RIDE Summer Fun Pass goes on sale Monday, April 23, 2007. Passes can be purchased at Albertson’s, Raley’s, and the information booths at Coronado and Cottonwood malls or from the City Treasurer’s Office or the Alvarado Transportation Center. For more information, call 505-243-RIDE (505-243-7433).
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