Campaign for free public transport
An "audacious, eye-catching idea": Douglas
Fraser, Political Editor, The Herald
Read
the Herald article>>
Colin Fox in the Sunday Herald>>
• Represents a major shift of wealth in favour
of the many thousands of people who currently pay sky-high
fares to subsidise the transport privateers.
• Boosting public transport through
free travel is a concrete means of tackling global warming, rather than
just
uttering worthy words.
Phase one of the SSP's transport policy would involve the reregulation of all Scottish bus operators, giving the Scottish Parliament powers over routes and fares.
Phase two would establish a publicly owned bus group, which would include
a national bus company running major routes, plus eight regional companies
covering the
Highlands and Islands, Grampian, Tayside, Fife, Strathclyde, Lothian and Borders,
Central Scotland and South-West Scotland.
Phase three would abolish all bus, underground and foot passenger ferry
fares, accompanied by an expansion of services to meet demand.
Phase four would establish a Scottish National Rail Company, with the transfer
of the Scotrail franchise to the new publicly owned company when the franchise
expires in 2011. The rail system would then become fare free.
Read Alan McCombes's pamphlet 'Reclaim our railways' (PDF file) here>>
Policy Details
The case for free public transport and how it would be phased in
Why NOT free public transport ?
Free public transport - an idea whose time has come
Read the full debate Colin Fox secured in the Scottish Parliament on transport in Edinburgh here>>
Edinburgh Evening News article>>
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