Delta College students should start taking advantage of the offerings from San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD).
Delta College and RTD partnered to offer free unlimited transportation for all Delta College students during the 2022-2023 school year. To ride for free, students must provide a Delta College issued identification, which is available in Shima 101C.
RTD buses run every weekday from 6:10 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. with a 15-minute frequency. RTD offers a total of 40 stops throughout the day in the front of campus.
Students can plan their trips with the RTD trip planner tool by entering the starting and ending locations. You can do this online on RTD’s website or at the Downtown Transit Center, which is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
In addition to traveling to delta college, students may use their ID to travel throughout San Joaquin county.
According to the RTD website RTD CEO Gloria Salazar said the reasoning behind free rides was to “remove transportation as a potential barrier to education.”
RTD’s website also lists it can help students not to have to park at the campus and just take transportation instead of dealing with crowds at all the parking lots and in front of Delta as their is a designated drop off zone.
Delta student Aryssa Martinez has taken RTD buses before to and from school for classes and to visit the library.
Martinez agrees that students should take advantage of RTD. She said the partnership is beneficial “With both my parents working full-time and not having my car all the time, it helps that Delta offers a service that would get me to school and back home without having to pay for rides,” said Martinez.
Martinez also notes that, “you can make some friends on the RTD bus. Some have the same situation, and I like how it runs every day, so I’m not in danger of missing classes.”
