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DATELINE MINNEAPOLIS; Free transit passes for students are success; The district's experiment in giving teens unlimited access to the city has worked -- and calmed fears of unruly youths crowding the buses.

Publication: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Publication Date: 09-SEP-09 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: DATELINE MINNEAPOLIS; Free transit passes for students are success; The district's experiment in giving teens unlimited access to the city has worked -- and calmed fears of unruly youths crowding the buses.(NEWS)(DATELINE MINNEAPOLIS)

Article Excerpt
Byline: EMILY JOHNS; STAFF WRITER

The idea of giving thousands of boisterous Minneapolis high school students unlimited access to the city's transportation system was apparently a little heartburn-inducing for Metro Transit officials.

Thousands of teenagers riding buses? Whenever they want?

"There is always the fear that, well, Minneapolis adult ridership doesn't want a lot of kids on the bus," Associate Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said in describing how Metro Transit officials reacted when she suggested they give students bus passes. "There were also worries...

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