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U-Pass

Welcome! The CTA U-Pass is your ticket to UNLIMITED rides aboard CTA buses and trains. Use your U-Pass on CTA bus/rail system anytime, anywhere. It's your connection to shopping, sports events, social activities, art and entertainment centers, and all the Chicago hot spots. CTA Everywhere you need to be! - take it.

Important Facts About U-Pass:

• Offers full-time students unlimited rides on any CTA bus or train during an academic term.
• Replaces cash for all CTA fares - no cash is needed.
• Does not require a transfer or surcharge.
• Not valid for travel on Metra commuter trains.
• For full-time students only. The cards of students who drop to part-time status will be deactivated.

Rules & Conditions:

• The school name, student name, photo, and expiration date MUST appear on your U-Pass. CTA reserves the right to require the student show a valid school identification card upon request.
• U-Pass is limited to exclusive use by the full-time student whose name and photo appear on the card. Any U-Pass presented by a person other than the student whose name and photo appears on it will be confiscated and the person may be subject to arrest.
• Use of the U-Pass is subject to applicable tariffs, terms, conditions, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures CTA may in its discretion adopt from time to time.
• U-Pass may NOT be shared.
• This card can be confiscated if the bearer violates any law or CTA ordinance while on CTA property.
• If any of the conditions are violated, the pass will be confiscated for the duration of the valid dates without reimbursement and the person may be subject to arrest.

Benefits

In addition to unlimited rides anytime, anywhere, any reason, the U-Pass has many benefits for the students, campuses and communities:

Benefit to students

• Provides simple, low cost transportation.
• Provides unlimited rides on the CTA, all day, everyday!
• Saves on gas and parking costs.
• Increases access to metropolitan attractions.

Benefit to campus

• Reduces demand for on-campus parking.
• Saves cost on building new garage structures.
• A tool for student recruitment.
• Reduces traffic congestion and pollution.

Benefit to the community

• Alleviates parking demands in adjacent areas.
• Reduces traffic congestion and pollution.
• Strengthens partnerships between school, communities, and the CTA.

Participating institutions

American Academy of Art	Chicago-Kent College of Law	Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Columbia College Chicago	Cooking & Hospitality Institute of Chicago	Daley College
DePaul University Law	East-West University	Erikson Institute
Harold Washington College	Harrington College of Design	Illinois Institute of Art
Illinois Institute of Technology Graduate School of Business Design	International Academy of Design & Technology	The John Marshall Law School
Kendall College	Kennedy-King College	Lexington College
Loyola University Law	MacCormac College	Moody Bible Institute
National-Louis University	Northwestern Business College	Northwestern University School of Law Medill School of Journalism School of Physical Therapy Graduate School
Robert Morris College	Roosevelt University	The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Taylor Business Institute	Truman College	Westwood College
Wright College