This was written primarily for Ohio State students, but covers the current problems and dirty tricks involved in in public transportation in all of our nation's major cities: Ohio State students are becoming increasingly strapped for cash as the university attaches extra costs to an already expensive education. Aside from tuition rising to record-highs, students are also compelled to pay for extraneous additions like the Student Activity Fee, Larkins Hall memberships, and the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA). COTA has been a part of the Columbus area since 1974. After a privately owned bus system discovered that busing was not...