LACCD should lobby MTA to subsidize students

With the growing cost of community colleges reaching the level of some universities, many students are hurting financially. If community colleges are to maintain a level of affordability and a viable option of education for people, we must find a way to bring down some of the cost and one of the best ways to do that is to make public transportation free to all LACCD students.

The Big Blue Bus, which services the area of Santa Monica and parts of West Los Angeles, offers fare-free rides for current Santa Monica College students. Although SMC is not a part of the LACCD, their tuition fee per unit is the same as the colleges within the LACCD. Being able to offer such a deal to students is invaluable and would greatly help in bringing down some of the costs of college.

The LACCD should work with the Metropolitan Transit Authority to offer fare-free rides to its students the same way the Big Blue Bus offers fare-free rides to SMC students.

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