If you live beyond 1.5 miles from the school, your student might be eligible for a bus pass.
Most parochial, private, alternative and charter schools will open on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024. Buffalo Public Schools will open on Thursday, September 5th, 2024. Transportation Passes for the 2024-2025 school term will be issued to students on the first day of school; however, students are permitted to ride Metro buses/trains when traveling to and from school (Monday thru Friday) without payment of fare or display of transportation passes during their first partial week starting September 3rd and through September 13th.
Beginning Monday, September 16th, 2024, all students will be expected to have their “Tap and Go” bus passes.
Beginning Monday, September 16th, 2024, all students will be expected to have their “Tap and Go” bus passes.
All students should receive their passes by September 13th, 2024.
School passes are valid beginning September 5, 2024. This pass is only valid for transportation to and from school between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM, and from 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Students with work study passes will be permitted to travel from 5:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Student passes, with the exception of work study passes or those with a rail sticker, cannot be used on the Metro Rail in the afternoon.
A special is an NFTA Metro bus provided only on school days to bring students to school in the morning, or to take them home after school in the afternoon. The special can follow an existing bus route or a route exclusively for that particular trip. Check with school security to find out which specials are assigned to your school.
The student bus pass will allow your student to ride home following the routing on their bus pass. All students are advised to avoid using the train unless you have a green rail sticker, work study, or extracurricular activity sticker.
If the bus pass is lost, please contact the school as soon as possible to begin the process of getting a replacement bus pass. The process could take up to 10 days.
Your student should let an operator, fare inspector, or Transit Police officer know about the situation immediately. Students are encouraged to download the NFTA See Say app, available on the Apple and Google Play stores, to report a problem or contact Transit Police. In addition, please notify school administration of the incident as soon as possible.