{"id":128018,"date":"2024-09-17T08:02:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T22:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=128018"},"modified":"2024-09-17T08:02:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T22:02:48","slug":"calls-for-children-to-ride-free-on-myki-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=128018","title":{"rendered":"Calls for children to ride free on Myki Network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are calls for children or those under 18 to ride free on public transport in Victoria within the Myki Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giving kids free PT would not only encourage more to take PT to school rather than be driven and also make family day trips to the city cheaper than driving &#8211; it currently costs $21.60 for 2 adults and 2 kids on weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Myki-daily-fare-caps-1024x710.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Myki-daily-fare-caps-1024x710.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Myki-daily-fare-caps-300x208.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Myki-daily-fare-caps-768x533.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Myki-daily-fare-caps.jpeg 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Removing the need for a myki card for under 18 would save administrative costs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Removing the need for a myki to travel on the network for those attending school would reduce administrative costs for both parents, schools and the PTV.  In stead all children should be issued with a free myki card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children under 15 enjoy free public transport in the UK and implementing a similar system here would encourage PT use and break generational Melbourne habits of buying and driving a car later in their teens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are calls for children or those under 18 to ride free on public transport in Victoria within the Myki Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":116957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9770,10073,47,186],"tags":[993,8],"class_list":["post-128018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro-trains-melbourne","category-myki","category-rail-news","category-v-line","tag-melbourne","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128020,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128018\/revisions\/128020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}