{"id":961355,"date":"2026-05-15T10:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/961355\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:43:13","slug":"bristol-weston-and-baths-kids-go-free-holiday-bus-travel-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/961355\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol, Weston and Bath&#8217;s kids go free holiday bus travel extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">About 1.4 million free journeys took place in the first trial year of the scheme, costing Weca \u00a31.4m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Research from the University of Bristol suggests the scheme was used more in the most deprived parts of the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Average bus use increased by 32% during the scheme, this compares to a 56% rise in Lawrence Hill, and Hartcliffe saw a 130% spike, researchers found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Musse, who is also a director of Barton Hill activity club, said she had heard stories of families using the scheme to visit new places.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Someone was telling us they went four times in one summer to Weston, they&#8217;ve never been before because they can&#8217;t afford it,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s amazing &#8211; that opportunity for people to explore the city they live in with less cost.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The researchers recommended extending eligibility up to 18-year-olds, and extending it beyond the school holidays. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Neither of these ideas are currently being implemented because of the potential cost, though Godwin has previously indicated she would be in favour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About 1.4 million free journeys took place in the first trial year of the scheme, costing Weca \u00a31.4m.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":961356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-961355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116578183360679472","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}