In late July, Cleveland State University announced that it would be ending a transit perk their students had enjoyed since they began petitioning for it in 2003. The U-Pass, the “free” RTA card offered to almost every student, would be going away in August.

Students, to put it mildly, were irate. Instead of a full RTA pass for the low fee of $58 billed to their accounts every semester, those who still wanted to—or had to—ride the bus or train to class would have to buy RTA’s normal, unsubsidized monthly pass, which would cost $380 per semester.

“I can’t even imagine how this will impact disabled and international students with no other mode of transportation,” one commented on CSU’s Instagram page. “This is an awful decision for the university to make.”

“If you care about your students,

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