Re: Tertiary concession cards

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com>]

No!
The $111 (not $155) is just for the concession card - for the privelige
of traveling on a concession ticket. This of course is outrageous and
the only reason for it is that "its always been that way", a common
excuse used by public transport authorities. THe history of it is that
tertiary students used to not be entitled to concession fares, a
government was elected promising to change that, and did - but brought
in a big fee for the privilege

This means that students who only use PT occasionally need to pay the
full fare because its not worth buying a card.

A Zone 1 Weekly here is about ten bucks, or you can get a monthly for
$37. This will get you to Melbourne or Latrobe uni - I'm not sure about
Monash, I think its in Zone 2.

In article <3895B160.963C17DC@yahoo.com>,
  Ben <sporologist@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is the $155 just for the concession card? or does it include the
trips as well?
>
> I travel to Macquarie univerity in Sydney by train and bus. The
concession card
> doesn't cost anything (and so it should be), it entitles you to half
price
> fares. I buy a green travelpass each week, costing $16.50. For the 36
weeks of
> uni each year, the total is $594
> How does that compare with yours?
>
> Ben Munro
>
> Bryan Cullis wrote:
>
> > Am I the only person that is outraged at the price of a normal
tertiary
> > concession card in Victoria?  I sure hope not.
> >
> > A primary/secondary concession card costs $6.30 per year, yet a
tertiary
> > concession card costs $155.  Tertiary students have to put up with
enormous
> > amounts of fees and charges, without having to put up with this.
I'm
> > currently living in Upwey South, but in a few weeks will be moving
to
> > Warrnambool for university.  In addition to the normal uni charges,
I have
> > to pay $4800 for accommodation and over $250 for first-semester
books.  Now
> > I have to pay $155 for a concession card?  This is ridiculous.
> >
> > If anyone else is outraged by this, please join me in sending
letters of
> > disgust to the Minister of Transport.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Bryan
>
>


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