The OCTA Youth Ride Free Program provides youth ages 6 to 18 with free travel on OC Bus fixed-route service to school, work or fun on safe, clean and reliable buses.
The OCTA Youth Ride Free Program provides youth ages 6 to 18 with free travel on OC Bus fixed-route service to school, work or fun on safe, clean and reliable buses.
The Youth Ride Free program provides free year-round travel on OC Bus to youth 6 to 18.
To ensure the greatest number of youth benefit from free access to public transportation for school, work and leisure, OCTA partners with K 12 schools and parents to deliver the Youth Ride Free program. Please review the program guide and partner with us today!
How It Works
Email us if you are interested in participating. In the email, please identify staff at your school or school district who can serve as points of contact for this program. This will be the individual(s) who collects request forms and provides passes. If parents from your school contact OCTA directly, they will be directed to this contact.
Help share information about the Youth Ride Free promotional pass with your students, parents and faculty.
OCTA has developed a digital toolkit, including a fact sheet, graphics, email blasts, and social media posts.
Printed copies of the Parental Request Form are provided to schools with passes. Completed Parental Request Forms are to be returned to the designated point of contact(s) at a student’s school and retained at the school.
Once a completed Parental Request Form is received, provide the student with a Youth Ride Free pass. Please be sure to note the pass serial number on the completed form.
When passes expire, schools should promptly destroy the collected forms, according to their respective secure document policies. Any remaining or expired Youth Ride Free passes can be recycled /discarded.
We’re happy to help answer questions about the Youth Ride Free Program.
The program is grant-funded by the California Department of Transportation and the California Air Resources Board through California Climate Investments which help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen the economy, and improve public health and the environment.
