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The Ticket to Ride Program was created in 2011 by the National Park Foundation in order to provide students and youth with transportation to the national parks as a result of field trips being a financial burden for many schools and youth groups.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.childrenandnature.org/2014/09/03/ticket_to_ride_grants_helps_provide_transportation/|title="Ticket To Ride" Grants Helps Provide Transportation For Students to Parks Across the Country|date=2014-09-03|website=Children & Nature Network|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> In 2013, the NPF partnered with the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund to provide grants through the Ticket to Ride Program. [[Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park]] was able to provide 400 students in Douglas Country, Georgia with transportation to the park where they participated in programs centered around American Civil War history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/georgia/kennesaw/kennesaw-mountain-park-receives-ticket-to-ride-grant|title=Kennesaw Mountain Park Receives 'Ticket to Ride' Grant|date=2013-05-09|website=Kennesaw, GA Patch|language=en|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> In 2014, the NPF awarded [[Biscayne National Park]] a grant through the Ticket to Ride Program that allowed for 1,500 students at Title I schools transportation to the park. Biscayne was able to use the funding to create educational programs that focused on the park's wildlife for the students to participate in. Overall, 65 parks were provided with transportation funding that same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.southdadenewsleader.com/news/florida_city/biscayne-national-park-awarded-ticket-to-ride-grant/article_68c7e16a-5471-11e4-8add-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Biscayne National Park Awarded "Ticket To Ride Grant"|last=comments|first=Biscayne National Park Awarded “Ticket To Ride Grant” 0|website=South Dade News Leader|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> This program has ended.<ref name="Ticket to Ride">{{cite web |title=Ticket to Ride |last1= |first1= |url=https://www.nationalparks.org/our-work/programs/ticket-ride |work=National Park Foundation |date= |access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref>