TRANSIT NEWS   » DECEMBER 31 DEADLINE FOR USING PUNCH CARDS, EXCHANGING BUS TOKENS     A reminder that the deadline for using ride punch cards and exchanging bus tokens for passes is Wednesday, December 31. The tokens can be exchanged at the Valley Regional Transit administrative offices, 830 N. Main St., Suite 230 in Meridian, or the ValleyRide Nampa offices, 1616 Industrial Road in Nampa. The token exchange rate is two tokens for each one-day local pass and four tokens for each one-day universal pass. » STATEHOUSE RENNOVATION     The Statehouse rennovation project has affected three ValleyRide routes - the #9 State Street, the #10 Maple Grove/Hill Road and the #14 Hyde Park. The buses leaving downtown Boise will turn left on to Bannock and right on to 8th Street before resuming the regular routes. Passengers who normally wait for the bus on the southeast corner of Capitol and Idaho are encouraged to wait on the northeast corner of 9th and Bannock at the designated zones for the affected routes. These detours will be in place until further notice. » RIDE FOR FREE    Did you know that ValleyRide has contracts with the Boise School District that allows many students to ride free during the school year and with Boise State University that allows faculty, students and staff to ride free all year? To access a chart that provides information about who can ride for free, click on the link below: WHO RIDES FREE CHART    If you are a BSU student or faculty member, click HERE for ValleyRide information.