Saint Louis University Wins College Transit Challenge
Saint Louis University came out on top in the 2025 College Transit Challenge.
In addition to securing the highly coveted bragging rights, students, faculty and staff at Saint Louis University will soon be presented with the traveling championship trophy. This is the first College Transit Challenge win for SLU.
The annual event, sponsored by Citizens for Modern Transit, in partnership with Metro Transit and the St. Clair County Transit District, encouraged students, faculty and staff at higher education institutions that offer the Metro U-Pass Program to utilize their passes to take MetroLink and/or MetroBus wherever they need to go. SLU, St. Louis Community College, Southwestern Illinois College, University of Missouri–St. Louis and Washington University took part in this year’s event, which took place in October.
Trips were tracked via mobile texting, and additional points were given based on the total number of challenge registrants per school, for posting to social channels, attending the Mascot Meetup Kickoff Event and more.
This year saw 350 registrants and more than 240 tracked trips, with SLU earning the most points and taking home the coveted crown. This is the fourth year the event has been held.