CLEVELAND — Cleveland State University students will no longer receive a Greater Cleveland RTA U-pass beginning this fall semester.

CSU President Laura Bloomberg announced in an email to students last Wednesday that the U-Pass system would no longer be available to students at the end of the summer semester.

Since 2007, all students who were registered for one or more credit hours have been charged the U-Pass fee and granted access to all GCRTA transportation. Most recently, students were charged $57.50 per semester for the pass.

Bloomberg said the charge must stop because of House Bill 96 , which states, "special purpose fees and service charges shall not be applied uniformly to all enrolled students."

Greater Cleveland RTA generated $1.4 million of revenue annually from the partn

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