Metro ends free bus rides for P.G. County students

Prince George’s County students no longer can take free Metrobus trips at the end of school each day, the latest program squeezed out during a tight budget year.

The program had allowed students from the county to ride Metrobuses for free from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. each school day. But when school started Monday, they had to pay the regular fare of up to $3 for express buses. The change could affect at least 60,000 middle- and high-schoolers in the county’s public schools.