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go card giveaway
Posted by editor (editor) on Aug 05 2010
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Gold Coast charities and not-for-profit organisations are set to further benefit from the 400,000 go card giveaway.

Gold Coast MP’s Peter Lawlor, Peta-Kaye Croft, Christine Smith and Margaret Keech today joined together to welcome the announcement of the third stage of the go card giveaway.

Peter Lawlor said charitable and not-for-profit organisations would be invited to apply for the remaining go cards loaded up with $10 travel credit as the next stage of the giveaway.

“We want to make it easier for volunteers and disadvantaged South East Queenslanders to get access to public transport,” Mr Lawlor said.

“Charities make a significant contribution to our local community and we hope that having access to a go card will make it easier to get around.”

Peta-Kaye Croft said the giveaway has been an outstanding success with almost 300,000 cards already given away through community events, flyers and online.

“We are already seeing more people on public transport after the initial stages of the giveaway with 2.52 million trips taken using go card last week – an increase of about 200,000 on the level of go card use prior to the giveaway,” Ms Croft said.

“In just two years since the go card was launched, 1.3 million have been issued and are now used for two-thirds of all public transport trips on the TransLink network.”

Member for Burleigh Christine Smith added many organisations have already expressed interest in the initiative and others will be encouraged to do so.

“Additional adult and child go cards will be available after they proved the most popular categories. And we still have cards for seniors, students and other concessions available,” Mrs Smith said.

“I know my fellow members and I will be contacting our local community groups to make them aware of this new offer.”

Respected national industry group the Tourism and Transport Forum yesterday rated go card as the benchmark smartcard ticketing system.

In a comprehensive report released yesterday, TTF ranked the go card as “the best there is” and suggests other jurisdictions could learn from Queensland’s example.

Margaret Keech said the go card has been widely accepted by Gold Coast residents.

“The go card is now part of South East Queensland lifestyle, whether you are a regular public transport user or not,” Mrs Keech said.

Charities and not-for-profit organisations can register their interest in the third stage of the giveaway from Monday August 9 at the TransLink website – www.translink.com.au.

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