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... 5 Background Universities and colleges across North America, old or new, suburban or urban, are grappling with transportation challenges, traffic and parking issues, and the costs of attending college. At the same time, public transit systems are also faced with reductions in federal and state/provincial funding and flat or declining transit ridership.
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... 6 College Student transit pass programs University, College, Institution, School In this report, the terms university, college, institution, and school are used interchangeably for any post-secondary educational organization. These can be public or private, 2-year or 4-year, general purpose or specific (medical schools, etc.)
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... Introduction 7 The second source of information was an on-line survey questionnaire. To determine the relationships between transit systems and partner institutions efficiently, the survey questionnaire had two forms: Part I for transit agencies and Part II for partner institutions (see Appendix A-1)

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