Metro GoPass provides free rides for Valley College students

Valley College students can ride Metro buses and trains for free until September 2026 thanks to a partnership with LACCD.

By Gabriela Martinez, Staff Writer

(Daisy Tapia for the Valley Star)

Navigating Los Angeles is a notorious challenge for students, but a renewed partnership is making the commute to Valley College significantly easier. The common commuter struggle is being replaced by a sense of relief as students begin to use the free Metro GoPass program for this year.

The agreement between the LACCD and the LA Metro serves to help students with transportation costs by providing students with unlimited, no charge rides on Metro buses and trains through Sept. 30. 

Beyond standard Metro lines, the GoPass program offers transportation on the LADOT Dash, Santa Monica Big Blue Buses and Long Beach Transit. In order to pick up a pass, students need to take a valid photo ID to the campus’s Welcome Center or the Business Office. 

The impact of this program is already being felt by the students around campus. “Some students come from far places,” said Simon Zerihum, a 20-year-old International Relations major. “It is pretty convenient."

(This is a developing story)