UPass

Henry: the price of the UPass was negotiated with the students – over a long period of time.

“Translink’s U-Pass yields hidden benefits” « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

Transit mode share has hardly changed – except at SFU and UBC thanks to UPass, which Translink simply cannot afford to extend to other post secondary institutions.

14 « July « 2009 « Stephen Rees’s blog 2009

The discount offered to students by UPass is significantly greater than any other transit user, and the cost to the transit system is significantly higher as well although costs were never considered apparently until it was too late to change.

TransLink to raise price of discount tickets, bus passes « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

UPass showed exactly how converting casual or now transit users to pass holders boosts ridership.

TransLink to raise price of discount tickets, bus passes « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

The discount offered to students by UPass is significantly greater than any other transit user, and the cost to the transit system is significantly higher as well although costs were never considered apparently until it was too late to change.

November « 2009 « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

UPass showed exactly how converting casual or now transit users to pass holders boosts ridership.

20 « November « 2009 « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

The biggest increment in demand was due to the introduction of the UPass – and we are still seeing significant impacts on operating costs of that decision.

Are we ready for road pricing? « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

The discount offered to students by UPass is significantly greater than any other transit user, and the cost to the transit system is significantly higher as well although costs were never considered apparently until it was too late to change.

20 « November « 2009 « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

UPass showed exactly how converting casual or now transit users to pass holders boosts ridership.

November « 2009 « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

When I was at UVic in the early 2000′s, our UPass was contained within our student card, and we had to swipe it through the ticket machine as we boarded the bus.

The Faregate Fraud « Stephen Rees's blog 2009