Why do I have to pay for an EasyPass if I do not plan to use it?
Students voted in spring 2009 to institute an AC Transit EasyPass program benefiting all Mills undergraduate students. With an 84 percent approval, the referendum authorized a small student fee enabling Mills undergraduates to ride any AC Transit bus at anytime. Because all students share in the cost to provide this benefit, the EasyPass is provided at only 6 percent of the regular local fare. The pricing on this discounted EasyPass relies on all eligible Mills students paying the fee. Mills students have shown that they are committed to supporting a more sustainable Mills. When surveyed last winter, Mills students indicated that saving the environment and saving money were top student concerns.
Undergraduate students voted in spring 2009 to institute an AC Transit EasyPass program benefiting all Mills undergraduate students. With an 84 percent approval, the referendum authorized a small student fee enabling Mills undergraduates to ride any AC Transit bus at anytime. Graduate students voted in spring 2010 to authorize the student fee so that all graduate students could participate in the EasyPass program. Because all students share in the cost to provide this benefit, the EasyPass is provided at only 6 percent of the regular local fare. The pricing on this discounted EasyPass relies on all eligible Mills students paying the fee. Mills students have shown that they are committed to supporting a more sustainable Mills.
