Summer youth passes in Utah, Discord for transit in the Bay Area, and new transit leaders in Virginia

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Utah offers unlimited summer rides for youth.

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A Discord server updates Bay Area riders and it's graduation season

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for brand new transit leaders.

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Welcome to your Transit Unplugged News Minute.

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As families prepare for summer, Utah Transit Authority is offering

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a UTA rider's license for youth.

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It provides unlimited rides across the system all summer long for $49.

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Keeping up with innovation in social media, Caltrain created a Discord

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server to inform and engage riders in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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The server features service alerts from nearby transit systems,

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including BART, VTA, AC Transit, WETA, Caltrain, and Samtrans.

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Over 1, 200 people signed up for the Discord server in the first 48 hours.

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And it's graduation season!

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Congratulations to this week's inaugural graduates of the Virginia

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Transit Leadership Institute.

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The goal of the institute is to cultivate the next generation of public

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transportation leadership in Virginia.

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This Transit Unplugged News Minute is being brought to you by Modaxo.

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I'm Julie Gates.