U-pass Pricing Throughout BC

WHEREAS the U-Pass price of approximately 25 per month at UBC and SFU has been a success at providing affordable access to these post secondary schools and indirectly offsetting the high cost of living and tuition for students; AND WHEREAS these are well-established benchmarks for price and service but there are vastly different levels of services throughout the province, and even within regions: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM encourage the provincial government to provide funding incentives to transit authorities for implementing U-Pass programs across the province with fees based on the current UBC and SFU ratio of service provided: U-Pass price.