DDA OKs Bus Pass Funding for Downtown
Ann Arbor downtown workers who are employed by participating companies will continue to have the fare for their rides on Ann Arbor Transportation Authority buses covered by the go!pass program – as a result of a $610,662 grant from the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority. Holders of a go!pass do not themselves pay a fare to board the bus. Rides are subsidized by the DDA and to a much lesser extent by employers.
The DDA board voted to approve the grant at its March 6, 2013 meeting. The total grant to the getDowntown program breaks out as follows:
YEAR 2014
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