{"id":2441,"date":"2018-02-05T18:45:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T18:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/outsidescholarships\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2018-02-05T18:45:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T18:45:24","slug":"the-rail-passengers-association-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/outsidescholarships\/2018\/02\/05\/the-rail-passengers-association-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rail Passengers\u2019 Association Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>About RPA<\/h3>\n<p>The Rail Passengers\u2019 Association is the nation\u2019s oldest and largest rail-advocacy group, representing some 40 million American rail travelers, advocates and citizens across the U.S. who are working for better, safer and more widely available transit and city-to- city rail choices. They have worked since 1967 to expand the quality and quantity of passenger rail in the United States. RPA&#8217;s vision is for an expanded national network of passenger trains, putting 80% of Americans within 25 miles of a rail station within 25 years using a combination of high-speed\/high-performance, long-distance intercity rail, commuter trains, light-rail and transit. RPA believes passengers should be able to drive, bike, walk or take transit to those stations as they choose, whether traveling for work, school or leisure.<\/p>\n<h3>The Sweepstakes Prize:<\/h3>\n<p>Every $20 is an entry to win $10,000 towards your higher education tuition. And that\u2019s not all. EVERY entry also includes a one-year membership to RPA, which includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10% discount on most Amtrak rail fares, even on vacation packages through Amtrak<\/li>\n<p>Vacations<\/p>\n<li>Amtrak Guest Rewards points for joining AND each year for renewing<\/li>\n<li>Up to a 25% discount off eligible Avis car rentals<\/li>\n<li>15% discount on all Travelpro Luggage products online at Travelpro Luggage Outlet<\/li>\n<li>20% off Adventure Class fares on Alaska Railroad trains in summer and winter<\/li>\n<li>20% off coach fare on Grand Canyon Railway trains or 10% off a vacation package<\/li>\n<li>An \u201cI\u2019d Rather Be on the Train!\u201d bumper sticker<\/li>\n<li>A year\u2019s subscription to Passengers\u2019 Voice, the Association\u2019s respected newsletter<\/li>\n<li>10% discount on the new Florida higher-speed rail service, Brightline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdrise.com\/rpascholarship\">For more information and to apply, please click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About RPA The Rail Passengers\u2019 Association is the nation\u2019s oldest and largest rail-advocacy group, representing some 40 million American rail travelers, advocates and citizens across the U.S. who are working for better, safer and more widely available transit and city-to- city rail choices. They have worked since 1967 to expand the quality and quantity of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":658,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/outsidescholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/outsidescholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/outsidescholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/outsidescholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/outsidescholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/outsidescholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/outsidescholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions\/2442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/outsidescholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/outsidescholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/outsidescholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}