University transport fee (2 Viewers)

[underthesun]

Hmm... Under my curiousity, i was wondering, under what conditions do you have to be under to travel to univeristies free (under public transport)?

With that being said, for a citizen aged under 18 years old, would he/she be able to travel free under public transport?

how about over18s? any age restrictions which travelling under public transports to/from universities for free would be under concern?

cheers

 

[MiuMiu]

You don't get free travel on public transport to uni, no matter what age you are. You get student concession, but not free.

 

[Butterfly_Wings]

Free transport...I wish!
How much do I miss my high school train pass!?

 

[iambored]

yeah that sux. so what are the cards we have to sign up for? just concession cards?

 

[sugamama]

don't we auto get them with our student id's?

 

[Butterfly_Wings]

Yep, your student ID card works as a concession card, and you'll get that when you enrol.

 

[zannaz]

that is if you ask for one. They asked me if i wanted a concession sticker on my id card, i said yes and they put it on.

 

[hipsta_jess]

how far do you have to live from you're uni to get money for travelling?
i live an hour away (by car), will i get some sorta subsidie?

 

[Butterfly_Wings]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
how far do you have to live from you're uni to get money for travelling?
i live an hour away (by car), will i get some sorta subsidie?

It doesn't matter how far away you live or how you travel, because you can use a student concession whether you are travelling to UNI or not. Everyone would get the same deal.

 

[hipsta_jess]

nah, theres something that you get some sorta subsidie
and how would a concession card be any use to me, i gotta drive

 

[santaslayer]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
nah, theres something that you get some sorta subsidie
and how would a concession card be any use to me, i gotta drive

thats da subsidy..a concession card for paying less for public transport...

and as for u, u dont have to worry coz u drive...unless they start introducing concession cards for fuel...lolz

 

[hipsta_jess]

i dunno, all i know is that i was told ages back about some sorta payment that i would prob qualify for coz i live so far away
sorta like youth allowance i guess, except that it is meant to be spent on fuel

 

[jlh]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
i dunno, all i know is that i was told ages back about some sorta payment that i would prob qualify for coz i live so far away
sorta like youth allowance i guess, except that it is meant to be spent on fuel

really? thats the first time i heard about it.

 

[Butterfly_Wings]

I don't think thats true. I have friends that have to drive over an hour each way, and they don't get anything. If there is such a payment, I'd say it is based on more than just how long it takes you to travel...

 

[jase_]

There is some sort of subsidy that I read about, but this one was for parents dropping their kids off to school, and it was for mostly rural areas where public transport is not readily available.

 

[evilc]

yeah, when i went to a school that was an hour away by car, my parents got a fuel subsidy kind of thing because they drove me

 

[hipsta_jess]

Originally posted by jase-REX
There is some sort of subsidy that I read about, but this one was for parents dropping their kids off to school, and it was for mostly rural areas where public transport is not readily available.

ie, me. there is literally no public transport for me, closest train station is over half an hour away, no buses or anything

 

[Minai]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
ie, me. there is literally no public transport for me, closest train station is over half an hour away, no buses or anything

I guess u'll have to take up this issue with the uni - since there doesnt seem to be much info about it

 

[Mambomeg]

yeah, geez, i wish, i only live 40 km's away from uni and it takes me an hour and a half each way. I think if there was a subsidy, almost everyone would be eligible for it.

 

[santaslayer]

Originally posted by Mambomeg
yeah, geez, i wish, i only live 40 km's away from uni and it takes me an hour and a half each way. I think if there was a subsidy, almost everyone would be eligible for it.

i dont think something as good as that will ever happen to us man..its a user's pay system in australia