March 2023

Students organise for affordable transport

Students across Northern Ireland have been taking to the streets of their local areas to make noise about the increase in public transport fares and lack of accessibility. The New Common Charter advocates for ‘the provision of affordable, accessible and regular transport services, especially in rural areas and border regions’. Against the backdrop of significant cost of living pressures, as noted by NUS-USI’s Cost of Survival report on student hardship, bus and rail fares rose by 7 percent in March. Chloe Ferguson, President of the students union NUS-USI which is a New Common Charter Supporter said, “Free and accessible public transport infrastructure would significantly ease pressures students face- including making the hard decision on whether to go to class, or put food on the table”.

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