{"id":1218,"date":"2012-02-27T21:27:35","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T21:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/amc\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2012-02-28T01:56:40","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T01:56:40","slug":"going-bussed-economy-and-tuition-fees-drive-the-young-away-from-the-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/amc\/going-bussed-economy-and-tuition-fees-drive-the-young-away-from-the-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Bussed: Economy And Tuition Fees Drive The Young Away From The Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a rel=\"author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/profile\/gwyntopham\">Gwyn Topham<\/a>, Tom Midlane and James Brilliant, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/\">guardian.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2012\/2\/26\/1330270840280\/Passengers-board-a-Nation-007.jpg\" alt=\"Passengers board a National Express bus at Victoria coach station\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" \/><\/p>\n<div><em>Sales of coach and train discount cards surge as driving becomes a minority pursuit among cash-strapped students. Photograph: Micha Theiner\/City AM\/Rex Features<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A generation of students facing higher tuition fees and lower job prospects appears to be  embracing the mixed joys of budget travel in rising numbers \u2013 with the  teenage dream of passing the test and driving a car now an increasingly  unaffordable, minority pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>Operators report that the  traditional staples of budget travel, the young person&#8217;s rail and coach  cards, are being purchased in record numbers.<\/p>\n<p>National Express,  Britain&#8217;s largest coach operator, reported a surge in sales of coach and  regional bus discount cards last year, with 36% more being sold year on  year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk\/2012\/feb\/26\/economy-young-car-coach-train\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk\/2012\/feb\/26\/economy-young-car-coach-train\" target=\"_blank\">Continued at original site <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gwyn Topham, Tom Midlane and James Brilliant, guardian.co.uk Sales of coach and train discount cards surge as driving becomes a minority pursuit among cash-strapped students. Photograph: Micha Theiner\/City AM\/Rex Features A generation of students facing higher tuition fees and lower &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/amc\/going-bussed-economy-and-tuition-fees-drive-the-young-away-from-the-car\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9322,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6846,6826,6847,111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-ownership","category-costs","category-licensure","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/amc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/amc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/amc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/amc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/amc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/amc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/amc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/amc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/amc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}