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Cuts to Bus Passes
It seems that MoT has changed the rules for school bus passes. The old rule was you must live at least 2kms from the school to your house as tthe crow flies. They have changed it to 2kms to any part of your street. So if you live in a long street like Maitland Rd, Glebe Rd or Waners Bay Rd and live 5 or 6 kms from the school you dont get free travel if any part of that street is less than 2kms from the school. Looks like the axe is multi edged!!!
Comment 1 6 Jan 2008, 1:09 AM
Not according to this site here & has always been these or a similar distance: http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/ssts.html
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SCHOOL STUDENT TRANSPORT SCHEME (SSTS)
an infant student (K-2) regardless of the distance between their home and school
primary student (Years 3-6) who lives more than 1.6 kms (radial distance) from school, or 2.3 kms or more by the most direct practical walking route to the nearest entry point to the school
secondary student (Year 7-12) who lives more than 2 kms (radial distance) from school, or 2.9 kms or more by the most direct practical walking route to the nearest entry point to the school
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But what ALL governments should do is make it a requirement (with the exception of private schools, or special circumstances) that all school students go to the closest school possible. That's what we had to do.
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Bigfellow, have you got a link where it says they have changed the distance?
Comment 2 6 Jan 2008, 2:16 PM
Agree with NFlyer. I know for a fact the rules haven't changed.
Comment 3 10 Jan 2008, 1:31 PM
The information was published in the Sydney Morning Herald and related to a decision taken by MoT just before Christmas.
Maybe the information has not yet found its way to the MoT web site.
I was not the only one who read the Herald report.
Does anyone know if the 3 for 2 seat rule still applies for primary students?
Comment 3.1 10 Jan 2008, 7:33 PM
Okay what date & page of the SMH was it, or is in their website?
The SMH maybe better than News Limited, but don't believe everything you read.
Comment 3.2 10 Jan 2008, 8:17 PM
Students haven't been allowed to be 3 to a seat for years.