Sports Hopper bus trial to take kids to and from Saturday sport
Torn between different kids with different sports? The new Sports Hopper minibus trial will get Sutherland Shire children to and from selected Saturday sports to spare busy parents and parking pain.
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Saturday sport is about to get much easier as a new minibus ferries Sutherland Shire children to and from a local sporting ground to spare busy parents and parking pain.
Cronulla state Liberal MP Mark Speakman announced the NSW Government would trial the Sports Hopper minibus for six Saturdays from July 20.
The minibuses will take children and their families from parts of Gymea Bay, Yowie Bay, rays Point, Kirrawee, Gymea, Miranda and Yowie Gully to the Bellingara Rd sports complex in Miranda, which includes netball courts and rugby league fields.
The buses will run with game times in mind, with the first customer pick-up at 6.30am and the last Bellingara departure at 4.50pm.
Children aged 10 and above can travel on the Sports Hopper independently and the minibuses operated by Transdev have booster seats for children as young as four years old.
The trial is designed to help parents juggle multiple children, multiple sports and multiple fixtures at multiple sports grounds and reduce weekend stress, parking pain and traffic congestion.
The Bellingara Rd sports complex is consistently under pressure on Saturdays as parents vie for precious parking spots, which often results in a lengthy queue to the road.
During the trial there is a flat one-way fare of $5 and $2.50 for concession, and bookings can be made from July 14 via sportshopper.com.au.
Bookings can be made seven days in advance and up to 30 minutes before travel.
For more information, visit sportshopper.com.au or download the SportsHopper app.
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