Free transit is being provided to Lake Tahoe Community College students this year in a pilot program with Tahoe Transportation District.

The college is providing $36,000 to “mitigate administrative, operational, and capital costs associated with this pilot program.”

LTCC has heard from students that one of the barriers to attending is being able to get to the South Lake Tahoe campus. The cost and timing of buses have been issues.

For the 2017-18 academic year LTCC students can show their college ID card and ride for free.

The deal should be cemented this week at the TTD board meeting on Oct. 13.

The trial period will end June 30.

If students want to ride to commuter routes outside the Tahoe basin, they will be subject to the normal fare.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report