Check student transit pass savings.
A student pass is worth measuring against two baselines, because they answer different questions. Against single fares it tells you whether to buy a pass at all: 44 trips a month at 2.75 is 121 dollars, against 32 for the pass, so the answer is emphatically yes. Against the standard pass it tells you what the concession itself is worth — 46 dollars a month, or 184 over a four-month term. Framing it over the term rather than the month matters for budgeting, since student passes are often sold as a single term or semester product with no refund if you stop travelling, so the whole amount is committed up front.
Student Transit Pass
Student term cost = term months x student monthly price; single fares term cost = term months x trips x single fare; saving = single fares - student pass
Typically 50-60% against the standard pass and 70% or more against single fares for a daily commuter. Over a four-month term that is often 200-400.
Usually yes, with proof of enrolment and often an age cap. Part-time students frequently qualify for a smaller discount or none at all, so check the eligibility rules before budgeting on it.