Issues With Your Pass
Having issues with your bus pass?
We’ve compiled a list of the most frequent issues riders have with passes to help you find a solution as quickly as possible!
University and School-Issued Passes Issues:
Common Issues
My pass or Smart Card has been damaged.
- Folding a paper bus pass, or damaging the magnetic stripe on the back of the pass, can cause the pass to no longer work. Visit Customer Service for assistance. If the activation date on the card is still legible, the remaining value on the pass may be replaced.
- Bending a Smart Card can break the technology within the card causing it to no longer work. Visit Customer Service for assistance. If no physical damage is visible, a new Smart Card may be issued free of charge, depending on the damage to the technology of the card. Reissue of a Smart Card with damage is $5.
- Suggestions to keep your Smart Card damage free: Avoid placing a Smart Card in a wallet that will be sat on, avoid placing magnets near your Smart Card, and don’t attempt to use your Smart Card as a screwdriver or pry tool.
My Stored Value Smart Card is declined at the farebox, even though I know there is money on it.
As a safety measure, Stored Value Smart Cards go dormant after 14 days of non-use. Visit Customer Service at The Plaza to reactivate your Smart Card.
My paper bus pass has been “bad listed”.
Please visit Customer Service at The Plaza or call 509-328-RIDE (7433) for assistance. A Customer Service Representative will need to research your card. It can take up to 3 days to verify the card is valid.
University and School-Issued Passes Issues:
My student ID card isn’t working.
Verify that you are using the most recently issued ID card. If this is a brand new ID card, it can take up to 48 hours for the card to be entered into the system, so please wait 48 hours after the card was issued to attempt using it again. If you continue to have issues with you ID, see your school or university’s program administrator. Contact info below.
I’m a high school student and I’m having problems with a pass that was issued to me by a school and/or program.
Please see your school or program lead for assistance. Click here to find where to go at your school.
Other Student ID issues:
Please see your school or university’s program administrator for assistance. A list of contacts for many schools is below. Be sure to note the error message displayed by the fairbox, the route and time the issue occurred. This may be needed for troubleshooting the issue.
Resources for School-Issued Passes
Eastern Washington University
Parking and Transportation Office
101 Tawanka Hall
509-359-7275
Gonzaga University
Campus Card Services
Crosby Center, Lower Level
[email protected]
509-313-6506
On Track Academy
Peggy Troutt
[email protected]
509-354-4835
Spokane Community College
Becky Turner
[email protected]
509-533-3744
Spokane Falls Community College
Becky Turner
[email protected]
509-533-3744
Washington State University Spokane
Student Affairs
Academic Center, Room 130
[email protected]
509-358-7978
Whitworth University
Info Desk at the HUB
[email protected]
509-777-3796
Other Organizations
City of Spokane
Employees having issues with your city issued bus pass, please see City of Spokane Human Resources.
Kendall Yards
Card holders having issues with your Kendal Yards issued bus pass, please visit the Kendal Yards Welcome Center at 1335 W. Summit Parkway, or call (509) 474-1316.
Spokane County
Employees having issues with your STA issued bus pass please visit Customer Service at The Plaza.