A free travel pass is when certain passengers can use buses, trains or trams without paying a fare or presenting a ticket. They may need to present an identification card produced by their employer, or by the transport provider.
Types of passengers
The following are types of passenger who may receive free travel on transport services:
- Students
- The elderly
- The disabled
- Children under 20 years old
- System employees and their dependents
- Public safety workers and military personnel
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| Carpooling |
- Car jockey
- Flexible carpooling
- Real-time ridesharing
- Slugging
- Vanpool
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| Ticketing and fares |
- Automated fare collection
- Bus advertising
- Contract of carriage
- Dead mileage
- Exit fare
- Fare avoidance
- Fare evasion
- Farebox recovery ratio
- Free public transport
- Free travel pass
- Integrated ticketing
- Manual fare collection
- Money train
- Paid area
- Proof-of-payment
- Reduced fare program
- Smart cards
- Ticket machine
- Transfer
- Transit pass
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| Facilities |
- Checked baggage
- First class
- Sleeper
- Standing passenger
- Travel class
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| Scheduling |
- Bus bunching
- Clock-face scheduling
- Headway
- On-time performance
- Public transport timetable
- Short turn
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| Other topics |
- Airport security
- Boarding
- Crush load
- Destination sign
- Hail and ride
- Network length
- Non-revenue track
- Prohibited activities
- Rail subsidies
- Request stop
- Passenger load factor
- Security
- Transit district
- Transit map
- Transit police
- Transit-oriented development (TOD)
- Transportation authority
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