11.24.2015 | NBC 4 New York | Under federal law, children living in shelters and temporary housing are entitled to free transportation due to their vulnerable state. But in many cases in New York City, the free transportation they get is not a big yellow school bus, but a small yellow MetroCard for long, exhausting subway trips…Kim Sweet of the nonprofit Advocates for Children said she sees too many families who have to battle for busing. “So if the difference between a MetroCard and a bus is being able to get a child to school in the morning, then the city needs to really provide busing where it’s needed,” she said. “There is nothing more frustrating than seeing a family that is working so hard to sustain their child’s education. They are climbing up such a mountain.”