Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 38.68
Liaison Eric Meliton
Submission Date Nov. 22, 2010
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STARS v1.0

Wilfrid Laurier University
Tier2-4: Mass Transit

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Phil Champagne
Executive Director and COO, WLUSU
Wilfrid Laurier University Student Union
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Does the institution offer free or reduced price transit passes and/or operate a free campus shuttle?:
Yes

A brief description of the program:

All full-time students are offered reduced bus transit passes via the Universal Pass (U-Pass) program.

Waterloo Campus:
The pass covers an entire 12 months and there is no additional replacement card fee on top of the $20.00 charge for a new OneCard. Each student is charged an administration fee of $0.50 for the service.The 5-year contract with Grand River Transit increases fares corresponding to annual inflation as measured by Ontario All Items CPI measurements. The fee for the 2009-2010 was $101.84.

Brantford Campus:
The Students' Union in Brantford currently requires all full-time undergraduate students to pay $41.52 per term during the Fall and Winter terms to provide them with unlimited access to Brantford Transit for the duration of the term.


The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

There is currently no public transit program offered for staff and faculty of the university.


There is currently no public transit program offered for staff and faculty of the university.

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