{"id":869011,"date":"2026-08-23T22:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T22:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869011\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T22:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T22:34:14","slug":"winnipeg-to-roll-out-free-transit-passes-for-youth-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869011\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg to roll out free transit passes for youth in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students across Winnipeg will be able to ride public transit for free this school year as the city prepares to launch a new youth transit pass pilot program in September.<\/p>\n<p>The program will provide free transit to students aged 11 to 21 who are enrolled in a Winnipeg-based public, independent or home school program.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Winnipeg says the initiative is designed to remove transportation barriers and improve access to school, recreation, employment and community activities.<\/p>\n<p>The passes are being rolled out in partnership with the Manitoba government and will be distributed through the education system.<\/p>\n<p>School divisions will receive passes for distribution to eligible students at the beginning of the school year.<\/p>\n<p>The city says more information about the program and how students can access the passes will be available at the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot program is set to begin as students return to school in September.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students across Winnipeg will be able to ride public transit for free this school year as the city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-869011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}