Information about the Manifest System
Effective January 1, 2009 the A2 Chelsea Express uses a manifest to track fare payment.

What is a manifest?
The manifest is a list of customers who have purchased a monthly or half-monthly pass.  The manifest replaces the printed cards which acted as passes in the past.  If you’ve submitted a payment on-time, your name appears on the manifest

How does it work?
The manifest will be updated twice a month:

• The 1st of every month, an updated manifest will include customers who have purchased a full monthly pass or a half-monthly pass for the first half of the month.

• The 15th of every month, an updated manifest will include customers who have purchased a full monthly pass or a half-monthly pass for the second half of the month.
  
  

To ensure that you’re on the manifest for the riding period of your choice, please submit payment by the dates shown:

Please include a completed order form with each payment.  Click here for an order form.

Be sure to allow enough time for the post office to deliver.  If you’re paying by credit card, you can also fax your form to AATA at 734.973.6338.

Monthly or Half-Monthly Subscriptions
Ride unlimited for a month or half-month period.  Print out an order form and submit your payment to us by the date shown above.  Your name will appear on the bus operator’s manifest – there’s no actual pass issued.

$125.00 for One Calendar Month
$62.50 for a Half-Month (the 1st through the 14th, or the 15th through the 31st)

Ten-Ride Ticket
Purchase a ticket which is valid for ten individual rides.  The driver will punch the ticket with each ride you take.  Ten-Ride Tickets are valid at any time for one year after purchase.

$40.00 for Ten Rides

Exact Cash
Ride one-way without a ticket or subscription.

$5.00 one-way, exact cash

Two-Week Free Trial
If you’ve never used A2Chelsea Express before and you’d like to try it out, ride free for two weeks on us!  Email us at express.bus@theride.org for more information.

Please note!  This is a trial service with its own fare options.  AATA passes, AATA tokens, discount fares, Mcards and go!passes are -not- valid on this service.

University of Michigan Inaugurates A2 Chelsea Express Employer Partnership Program

The University of Michigan strongly supports efforts by those who are making strides to reduce vehicular traffic on campus and to reduce the need for campus parking. In this case, that support takes the form of the University funding 50% of the monthly (or half-monthly) fares for the A2 Chelsea Express. Once UM employees are registered with the program, they will only have to pay half the fare. UM will then pay AATA directly for the remainder.*

In order to register, please contact AATA at express.bus@theride.org. AATA will forward employees' names and uniqnames to the University of Michigan Parking and Transportation Services, who will make the final determination on eligibility. Further details about eligibility are available from the University of Michigan Parking and Transportation Services by calling (734) 764-8291. Please allow at least two weeks for eligibility confirmation.

*For those faculty & staff who are eligible for a parking permit. Effective Jan. 1, 2009, UM temporary staff will also be eligible. Future subsidy levels are subject to change.

Try it out on us!
Give A2Chelsea Express a free test spin for a half-month!  Email us at express.bus@theride.org with “Free Trial” as the subject – select one half-month riding period from the table shown above and we’ll put you on the manifest! 

Guaranteed Ride Home basics:
• A rider must make their own arrangements for a taxicab or rental car.
• Reimbursements will be made for trips from the rider’s work site to the Arctic Coliseum.
• Intermediate stops (e.g., day care or hospital) are permitted.
• The service may be used up to six times per year but no more than twice in one month.
• A reimbursement form (available from the AATA website) must be completed and mailed in with an original copy of the taxicab/rental car receipt.

Guaranteed Ride Home can be used for:
• Personal or family illness.
• Unscheduled overtime or other mandatory work-related holdover.

Guaranteed Ride Home can NOT be used for:
• Half-days of work for non-emergency reasons.
• Monthly pass holders who choose to use a non-reserved trip and are passed up because that trip is full.
• Missed trip due to non-emergency reasons.