Food pantries have become common features of campus life. Now, colleges are beginning to recognize another basic student need: affordable, safe, reliable transportation.

While only a few institutions currently provide or facilitate low-cost access to transportation—typically through subsidies for bus, subway, or light-rail rides—such benefits are likely to grow as recognition of “transportation insecurity" continues.

Last semester has been described as something of a limbo for many college students: fewer COVID-19 health restrictions and more in-person classes and activities. But it all happened under the cloud of a stubborn pandemic.

What was it like to be on a college campus as the Delta variant surged? Students from across the country share moments from the fall that have come to epitomize this unusual time.