TO THE EDITOR:
Just in case some of you newer students do not know, free bus rides did not exist when I was in school from ’77 to ’81. Yes there was money taken out of fees for transportation, but all who rode the bus had to pay too. It was a fee of $0.25 to ride any bus (minimum), even the campus bus. And there were a lot fewer buses. Remember too that the cost of running a free bus transit system has most likely skyrocketed due to the cost of gas and increasing the amount of routes and buses that are running, which means an increase in drivers needed (who have to be paid).
Be happy that you have this option. Yes, the fee is annoying. But in comparison to the trouble of having change ready every time you step on the bus (very inconvenient), I consider it tolerable.
Kathy Morgan
Cont. Ed. Office
The Friday Center
