Madison Metro Transit expanded its low-income bus pass program Friday to provide 150 additional discounted passes each month.
Metro Transit provides discounted bus passes for Madison residents who fall below 150 percent of the national poverty line, according to a release on the City of Madison website.
Prior to the expansion, Metro offered 300 low-income 31-day bus passes beginning on the fifteenth of each month. In late February, Madison’s Common Council approved additional funding to the program, allowing Metro Transit to provide an additional 150 discounted passes each month.
Ald. Larry Palm, District 15, said in the release demand for low income passes is high in Madison.
“Transportation is important to our working families who are below the poverty line,” Palm said in the release.
Low-income bus passes cost $27.50, compared to a regular 31-day bus pass, which costs $58.
