Bus Information

Humboldt State University’s Jack Pass is a program to encourage mass transit and reduced fuel consumption by enabling students to travel on Humboldt County bus systems for free, save car and parking expenses, and help protect the environment. The Jack Pass is funded from a portion of regular student fees.

All HSU students will have unlimited free ride access on the Redwood Transit System (RTS) buses, which serve the Route 101 corridor from Trinidad to Scotia, including Valley East and Valley West in Arcata, the Eureka Transit System (ETS) buses which serve the city of Eureka and Arcata & Mad River Transit System (A&MRTS) which serves the Arcata area.

An A&MRTS Bus

Sliding the HSU student identification card with a current registration sticker through the bus fare box will allow a free ride. Staff and faculty can buy into the program for $60.00 a semester and Extended Education students can buy into the program for $15.00 a semester, at the Student Financial Services window on the second floor of the Student Business Services building.

An automated transit bus commute scheduler is available to help plan your trip between systems. Click on the Transit Scheduler link on the left side of the AlterNetRides webpage.

A Redwood Transit Bus

Bus schedules are posted at most bus stops, or at the following link:

Redwood Transit System

Eureka Transit Service

Arcata & Mad River Transit System

The Redwood Transit System also offers a great service know as Bike & Ride. You can download the following brochure to learn all about the service. To read the Bike & Ride brochure you will need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader.

TAKE THE BUS, RIDE GREEN, SAVE GOLD