Regular Faculty and Staff: MTA Stickers and Benefit for 2023
All regular USM faculty and staff members are eligible to ride for free on Maryland Transit Administration’s (MTA) systems. Regular status TU faculty and staff can use the Light Rail, the Baltimore Metro Subway, local bus service, and commuter bus service lines 120, 150, and 160 in the Baltimore region at no charge. The free mass transit benefit does not include the MARC trains, any special event buses, or any commuter buses other than lines 120, 150 and 160.
The MTA has provided new stickers that can be affixed to regular TU faculty and staff identification badges. In order to access transit, regular faculty and staff will be required to present their university ID badge with the sticker affixed to it. Our latest stickers expire in January. New stickers are now available. Please be sure you obtain a new sticker if you use this benefit.
Stickers are available at the Office of Human Resources, suite 101 in the Administration building between 8:00 and 5:00 pm. Regular status faculty and staff can present their current ID (in person) to replace last year’s sticker or receive a new sticker for the first time.
If you have been denied because a driver is not familiar with the stickers, HR Benefits must report the problems with those operators to the MTA. Please email HR Benefits details of the incident. It is important to include the date, time, and route where it occurred.
Please note per the requirements of the 2019 MD State legislation that launched this benefit, it is only extended to regular status faculty and staff. To remain in compliance with the law, contingent status staff, adjunct faculty, and lecturers cannot be issued a sticker.
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This post was written by Lam, Irene M.