{"article":{"id":215329,"heading":"ASU bus pass program","author":"ASU guy","created":"2008-03-19 18:16:08","modified":"2008-03-19 18:16:08","last_modified":"Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:16:08","article":"<p>30,000 bus passes purhased for $700,000 is $23 for each pass. That is real cheep! Nomal people pay $45 for a monthly pass, which is $540 a year. ASU gets the same pass for $23. <br><br> Another oddity is the contract says ASU will be billed for 79.8 cents per boarding. Again that is real cheep!  <br><br> Normall bus passengers pay $1.25 to get on a bus, while the actual cost to provide the one way trip is about $5 per boarding.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"application\/pdf","summary":"ASU buys 30,000 year long bus passes from the city of Phoenix for $700,000. The passes will be used by ASU students and employees","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2008\/03\/asu_bus_pass_1.pdf","filesize":"282.7 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2008\/03\/215329.php"},"attachments":[{"id":215330,"heading":"ASU contract with Phoenix","article":"ASU contract with Phoenix","author":"ASU guy","parent_id":215329,"mime_type":"application\/pdf","created":"2008-03-19 18:16:09","modified":"2008-03-19 18:16:09","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2008\/03\/asu_bus_pass_2.pdf"}],"comments":[]}