{
  "id": 1653453,
  "title": "Drinks in the city used to mean waiting for a taxi home. Now people catch the bus",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/drinks-in-the-city-used-to-mean-waiting-for-a-taxi-home-now-people-1653453",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T06:04:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/drinks-in-the-city-used-to-mean-waiting-for-a-taxi-home-now-people-catch-the-bus-20260818-p60pa2.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Weekend revellers are ditching rideshares and taxis, with extra Metro services and 50-cent fares driving a 161 per cent surge in late-night bus use.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Drinks in the city used to mean waiting for a taxi home. Now people catch the bus",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/drinks-in-the-city-used-to-mean-waiting-for-a-taxi-home-now-people",
        "published": "2026-08-18T06:04:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}