Why You Really Do Need a U-Pass
InfoLink - Tue Aug 14, 2012As the Fall semester is beginning to approach, InfoLink is gearing up for the return of the Fall U-Pass. When our Fall U-Pass distribution begins on August 22nd, returning students will begin to line up to receive their Universal Bus Pass, and these are just a few of the reasons why:
1. You will pay for it even if you don’t get it. So if you are paying for it, you might as well get it.
2. We’re students and we like to party. At some point, your friends are going to want to go to a bar downtown or they'll want to go to a movie, or they might even want to go to West Edmonton Mall, which is pretty far off the track from the U of A. Wouldn’t it be just lovely to be able to take the LRT or some buses instead of having one friend drive you all or paying for a cab. You can do that with the U-Pass! Why pay for transit when you already have?
3. Sometimes cars break down or you’ve decided the traffic battle isn’t worth it. Although we distribute the U-Pass all semester long, wouldn’t it be nice to have it already there ready whenever it’s needed from September on, just in case you do have to take the bus one day instead of driving. You’ve just saved yourself $3.
4. It snows a lot here in the winter and if you don’t mind the snow, you might mind the -40 plus windchill on your walk to school. ETS has buses that run from even the closest locations to campus and although you may feel like that 10 minute walk isn’t worth the U-Pass, in the winter it just might be worth hopping on the bus that runs outside your apartment for 5 minutes instead of braving the cold.
We really encourage you to see the value in the U-Pass and join us at the end of August to get that brand new shiny sticker added to your Onecard!
Coming up next: How to help keep the U-Pass line moving by removing your expired U-Pass stickers at home!
