A student at Eleanor Roosevelt High School wants student MetroCards to have more rides.

Samantha Fierro started a Care2 petition urging New York City’s Office of Pupil Transportation to offer unlimited student MetroCards to city teenagers. As of Tuesday, the petition had 11,121 signatures, the petition’s goal is 12,000.

Fierro addressed the petition to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

“Close to 250,000 middle and high school students are enrolled in NYC schools,” read the petition titled “Demand Unlimited Metro Cards for Teens.” The petition continued, “To fully round out portfolios they must apply themselves to as many extra curriculars as possible. Schools cannot possibly offer clubs and programs for all interests and talents. For this reason, NYC schools function as commuter schools for students seeking to enhance themselves. Internships, jobs, classes and more are throughout the city and the boroughs. To get to these activities, transportation is almost always required. This means students are commuting at various hours and times, sometimes at night and on weekends.”

According to the OPT, student MetroCards are only good for travel “to and from school and school-related activities between 5:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m., when the student’s school is in session.” The MetroCard is good for three trips each school day, with two of those trips accounting for going to school and going home with one after school activity in between.

Fierro lamented the lack of flexibility with student MetroCards for people who live in certain areas.

“Currently students within a mile radius get half-fare metro cards that only work on busses, making costs even more prohibitive for any activities that require commuting,” read Fierro’s petition. “The current student Metro Cards allow enough rides to get to and from school with a transfer, and limit students to make all travels before 8 p.m. and are not valid for weekend commuting.”

The majority of the responses on the petition’s webpage, from students and non-students alike, show support for the petition.

“I have a daughter in high school, and an unlimited ride would eliminate the choice between bus or train,” said one supporter. “She can use whichever mode of transport to get to school based on availability and not limited rides.”

“I live very far and sometimes have to take several trains and buses home, and sometimes I run out of swipes and have to ask,” said one student. “I also do extra circular activities, which sometimes end at 7 o’clock, and as I said before, it takes me some time to get home and the time limit runs out, then I am forced to go under if I have no money. There are usually not a lot of people to ask for a swipe late at night.”

One person attributed teens hopping the turnstile to not being able to afford student MetroCards on a daily basis.