The Little Rock School District and Rock Region Metro have partnered to offer LRSD high school students a fare-free universal transit pass for the 2017-2018 academic year. The program, which provides passholders with unlimited bus rides for one year, launches Friday, Aug. 18.

“The pass lets public high school students, their families and our city’s commuters get more value out of our transit system by reducing traffic and parking congestion, reducing carbon emissions, improving our air quality, and eliminating the need for parents and other caregivers to make additional school drop-off and pick-up trips during peak commuting hours,” Jarod Varner, Rock Region Metro executive director said in a news release.

The school district will supply students with related special identification and passholders will then be able to show their specially marked IDs to Rock Region Metro bus drivers to use the system, free of charge, during all system operating hours and on all routes.

The LRSD will pay one monthly flat fee to Rock Region Metro in exchange for the ability for all high school students to have unlimited use of the bus system.

The following bus routes serve these LRSD high schools and educational training sites:

  • All Routes Except Routes 9 and 22: Aristotle, 401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock
  • Routes 17 and 22: Bale School, 6501 W. 32nd Ave., Little Rock
  • Routes 8 and 22: Hall High School, 6700 H St., Little Rock
  • Route 3: Little Rock Central High School, 1500 S. Park St., Little Rock
  • Routes 17, 22 and 23: McClellan High School, 9417 Geyer Springs Road, Little Rock
  • Route 23: Metropolitan Career Technical Center, 7701 Scott Hamilton Dr., Little Rock
  • Route 9: Parkview High School 2501 John Barrow Rd., Little Rock
  • Routes 16, 17, 22 and 14: UA – Little Rock, 2801 S. University, Little Rock