INDIANAPOLIS — Students from Arsenal Tech, Crispus Attucks, George Washington and Shortridge can opt to ride IndyGo, the city’s public transit system, to and from school instead of using the district’s yellow school buses. (The program started in 2018 with students from Arsenal Tech and Shortridge.)
Students will still receive a traditional yellow bus assignment for the school year and be allowed to ride their yellow bus to and from school whenever they choose. The use of IndyGo is offered as an additional option.
The goal of the program is twofold:
• To provide IPS high school students with a new benefit that offers greater mobility to navigate throughout the city while gaining new skills and independence as they move toward their post-secondary plans.
• In future years, to help IPS reduce its transportation budget significantly in order to increase resources to the classroom. This plan was communicated in the run up to the 2018 November election in which voters approved new funds for the district.
Each IPS student’s high school-issued ID card will be embedded with a FREE electronic bus pass — good from August 2019 to August 2020. Students can use their ID cards to commute to and from school, work and extracurricular activities. They can also use IndyGo to simply explore the city.
Students can plan their route using the myStop Mobile app, which allows them to view real-time stop information, customize favorite routes, and receive service alerts. The app is available on both Apple and Google Play.
Cards will be updated each school year.