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For Immediate Release: 9/5/2014 Libraries and Schools Partner With Ride On to Sell SmarTrip Cards; Kids Ride Free Expanded Montgomery County’s Ride On bus system has made it easier for residents to purchase the Youth Cruiser SmarTrip® card for customers ages 18 years and younger. The card can now be obtained at all 21 County libraries and 20 of the County’s schools. Ride On is continuing to work with both public and private schools in the County to add additional school purchase locations. Check www.RideOnBus.com for the current list of schools. Home-schooled students will also be eligible to purchase the card. The cost of the Youth Cruiser SmarTrip® card is $2.00. “We welcome our young people back to school for another exciting year and are pleased to offer a free after-school transportation option for them,” said Carolyn Biggins, Ride On general manager. “We want them to ride with us.” In addition, the County Council approved extending the hours for Kids Ride Free an additional hour, from 2 to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday. The extended hours began July 1. Previously, the program ended at 7 p.m. Kids Ride Free provides free rides on Ride On buses (and most Metro buses within Montgomery County) to youth ages 5 through 18. Ride On will be transitioning by the end of the calendar year (2014) to using Youth Cruiser SmarTrip cards for identification instead of school identification cards. Proof of age and County residence is required to obtain a Youth Cruiser SmarTrip® card. Riders or their parents must purchase the card in person. The Youth Cruiser SmarTrip® Card is also available at the TRiPS Commuter stores at 8413 Ramsey Avenue, Silver Spring and 17 Wisconsin Circle, Friendship Heights; and the Montgomery County Division of Treasury, at 255 Rockville Pike, Suite L-15. In addition to the above, monthly passes and stored value can be added to the card at some CVS and Giant stores in or near Montgomery County, and the Gaithersburg and Wheaton Zodiac Stores, as well as online. All Ride On Youth Cruiser passes (monthly and summer) are loaded onto the Youth Cruiser SmarTrip® card. The Youth Monthly pass provides kids unlimited rides on Ride On for only $11 a calendar month. This is a significant savings over regular fares. Stored value (cash) can also be loaded onto the cards for regular use- not pass use- on Metrorail, non-Montgomery Metrobuses, and other carriers. Posters and flyers about the program are available for schools. Contact RideOn.CustomerService@MontgomeryCountyMD.Gov for more information. Ride On schedules fares, and information about RideOnRealTime is available on www.RideOnBus.com. Or, follow Ride On at www.Twitter.com/RideOnMCT or like us on www.Facebook.com/RideOnMCT. # # # Release ID: 14-328 Media Contact: Sue Tucker 240-777-6507

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