France now has 49 fare-free territories. It has a total population of more than 3.4 million, a Fare Free London event last week was told. Ten of the fare-free zones are municipalities with more than 100,000 population, Jérôme Serodio of the Union for Free and Public Transport Development (UGDT) said. “Free public transport turns the […]

Free public transport schemes sweep across Asia. Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh city (population 14 million) has added the metro to a fare-free scheme that already covers its entire bus network. The scheme runs until the end of 2026.  India: there are now eight states offering free bus travel to women. Tamil Nadu joined Punjab, Karnataka, […]

The Punjab government has announced the withdrawal of free public transport services across the province, with fares set to be reinstated from Saturday, June

Tamil Nadu has become one of at least eight states with a year-round free bus travel scheme for women. The state will extend free bus travel for women and...

Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 1 Company Limited has announced a plan to operate trains and offer free tickets on Metro Line 1 to celebrate the 81st anniversary of National Day on September 2nd.

Free buses open doors for Scotland’s under-22s –  privatisation undermines the scheme. Free bus travel is making a world of difference to under-22s in Scotland, opening access to jobs, education and social life – but privately-owned transport companies are creaming off profits from the scheme. Campaigners in Scotland are calling for public ownership and control, […]

Free buses nationwide could be paid for by effective taxes on wealth. The government could make all bus journeys in the UK free, at a cost of about £5.6 billion per year, a new report by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) shows. That £5.6 billion is less than one-eighth of the £50 billion that tax […]

Party says plan for ‘radical change’ will be funded in part through higher taxes on aviation, gambling and landlords

Scrapping fares on public transport is an idealway to respond to the soaring fuel prices caused by the war in the Gulf. Abolishing fares makes public transport more attractive to drivers, to help get them out of their cars. It also gives instant support to public transport users, whose journeys are far less fuel-intensive. “Free […]

Eventbrite - Fare Free London presents Local Elections 2026 - Southwark Transport Hustings - Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Vic Watson Conference Centre. Find event and ticket information.

Eventbrite - Fare Free London presents Local Elections 2026 - Southwark Transport Hustings - Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Vic Watson Conference Centre. Find event and ticket information.

Eventbrite - Fare Free London presents Local Elections 2026 - Southwark Transport Hustings - Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Vic Watson Conference Centre. Find event and ticket information.

Eventbrite - Fare Free London presents Local Elections 2026 - Southwark Transport Hustings - Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Vic Watson Conference Centre. Find event and ticket information.

The Victorian government says public transport will be free across the state in April in a bid to relieve cost-of-living pressure as fuel prices continue to climb.

Manchester Trade Union Council has supported a call by transport workers in the city for free public transport. Fare-free public transport would be “simpler and more attractive to use” and would reduce traffic congestion, declared a motion passed by the Council on 11 March. It would also “help tackle the cost of living crisis” and […]

Free public transport is a key issue in this month’s local elections in France. Nearly 3 million people have access to it now, and that number is expected to go up – despite opposition to the principle from national government. “Numerous” proposals by Mayoral candidates to make public transport free, partially or completely, were listed […]

London’s car-centred transport policies turbocharge climate danger.

Green councillors argue it could ease financial pressures, expand opportunities and encourage greater use of public transport.

When West High student Kate Johnson ’27 boarded her first Iowa City bus after moving to the area from Tennessee in 2024, she instinctively made her way to the fare box — only to realize there wasn’t one. “Where I last lived, we didn't have any public transportation, so I was like, ‘Oh, this is

Eventbrite - Fare Free London presents Local Elections 2026 - Southwark Transport Hustings - Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Vic Watson Conference Centre. Find event and ticket information.

Good news from Barnsley, as under 18s are offered free bus journeys between 7am and 9pm. The scheme has been running since August 2025 and has already reached 1 million journeys, according to the BBC report, which quoted council leader Steve Houghton who said the scheme not only eased financial pressures on families but opened […]

Glasgow has started its pilot scheme, with 1000 free transport passes (some reports say 500) given out to Glaswegians aged 22-59. Older and younger age groups are excluded because they already have free bus travel. Glasgows public transport fares are nearly as expensive as Londons, with bus fares costing £3.60-£5.90, and Underground £1.80 or £4.30 […]

From this week residents can ride bus, train and subway lines without paying in a bid to remove barriers to access. On Monday 9th February the Glasgow authority issued complementary ZoneCards to 500 people who had pre-signed up to the seven week trial scheme. Participants were selected through community and…

“We, councillors and prospective election candidates, pledge to use our platforms to call for the extension of free public transport, which addresses social injustice, and can help tackle climate change and air pollution. We know that funding models would have to change, in line with a public service approach. We commit to exploring how this can be done, including learning from international models.” If you would like to sign the pledge, please scroll down past the list of current signatories, to find the form. Amandine Alexandre (prospective Green candidate, Brent) Lynsey Angell (Green candidate, Sheffield) Majella Anning (independent councillor, Greenwich) Shireen Asaw (Green candidate, Lewisham) Thomas Atkin-Withers (Green candidate, Sheffield) Ben Auton (prospective Green candidate, Birmingham) Mohammed Ayub (Labour councillor, Wakefield) Adrian Balcombe (Green candidate, Leeds) Arshan Baskaran (Green candidate, Newham) Stan Bates (independent councillor, Wakefield) Alistair Binnie-Lubbock (Green councillor, Hackney) Naomi Brown (prospective Green candidate, Rochdale) Rob Callender (Green candidate, Newham) Ed Carlisle (Green councillor, Leeds) Katrina Tia Charles (Green candidate, Barnsley) Michael Chessum (Green candidate, Lambeth) Nilesh Chohan (prospective Green candidate, Leeds) Ilkay Cinko-Oner (community independent councillor, Islington) Geraldine Coggins (Green councillor, Trafford) Andrew Cooper (Green councillor, Kirklees) Simon Cope (prospective Green candidate, Kirklees) Chris Copeman (Green councillor, Cheshire West and Chester) Ann-Marie Cousins (independent councillor, Greenwich) Lou Cunningham (Green councillor, Leeds) Ellen D’Arcy (prospective Green candidate, Ilkley and Addingham) Andy Davies (Green candidate, Sheffield) Alison Davy (prospective Haringey Socialist Alliance candidate, Haringey) Alexi Dimond (Green councillor, deputy chair Transport, Regeneration & Climate Committee, Sheffield) Marieanne Elliot (Green councillor, Sheffield) Pete Elliott (Green candidate, Lambeth) Jara Falkenburg (prospective Green candidate, Islington) Ben Ffrench (Green candidate, York) Giulio Ferrini (prospective Green candidate, Islington) Judy Filmore (Green councillor, Westmorland and Furness) Miranda Fyfe (Green candidate, South Cambridgeshire) Zoë Garbett (Green councillor, Hackney, candidate for Mayor of Hackney) Erica Gbajumo (Green councillor, Brent) Alan Gibbons (Your Party councillor, Liverpool) Dario Goodwin (Green candidate, Lambeth) Sam Gorst (Your Party/ Liverpool community independent councillor, Liverpool) Philip Graham (community independent councillor, Islington) George Sheldon Grun (prospective Green candidate, Hackney) Jon Harland (Green councillor, Denbighshire) Rouge Hawk (Green candidate, Southwark) Chloe Hawryluk (prospective Green candidate, Lambeth) Nate Higgins (Green councillor, Newham) Eden Hills (prospective Green candidate, Leeds) Mark Hollinrake (prospective Green candidate, Rochdale) Joe Hudson-Small (Green candidate, Newham) Douglas Johnson (Green councillor, Sheffield) Kirsty L. Jones (Nottingham People's Alliance councillor, Nottingham city council) Sheridan Kates (prospective Green candidate, Islington) Danny Keeling (Green councillor, Newham) Abdul Saboor Khan (prospective Green candidate, Sutton) Anwar Khan (Nottingham People's Alliance councillor, Nottingham city council) Kiran Khan (Labour councillor, Crawley) Zahra Kheyre (Green candidate, Newham) Elizabeth King (prospective Green candidate, Kirklees) Abi Kingston (prospective Green candidate, Hackney) Jane Leicester (Green councillor, Trafford) Robert Lindsay (Green councillor, Suffolk) Toby Mallinson (Green councillor, Sheffield) Robin McGhee (Green candidate, Lewisham) Heather Mendick (independent socialist candidate, Hackney) Cristiana Mirosanu (Green candidate, Leeds) Mehmood Mirza (Newham Independents councillor & leader of the opposition, Newham) Mary Mitchell (Green councillor, Brent) Pascale Mitchell (Green candidate, Southwark) Ayan Mohamud (prospective Green candidate, Croydon) George Müller-Waite (Green candidate, Leeds) Liam Mulligan (prospective Green candidate, Rochdale) Martin Murray (prospective Green candidate, Islington) Sophia Naqvi (Newham Independents councillor, Newham) Syed Taqi Naqvi (Newham Independents candidate, Newham) Faith Obiaka-Hayward (prospective community independent candidate, Islington) Minesh Parekh (Labour & Co-operative Party councillor, Sheffield) Anita Paris (prospective Green candidate, Bexley) Md Iqbal Pathan (Newham Independents candidate, Newham) Ruairidh Paton (Green Socialist Alliance councillor, Haringey) Diane Pearson (independent councillor, Camden) Hugo Pierre (prospective Trade Unionists & Socialist Coalition/Socialist Party candidate, Tower Hamlets) Fliss Premru (independent socialist councillor, Hackney) Martin Price (Green candidate, Kirklees) Shabd Pyari (prospective Green candidate, Newham) Sonia Quintero (Green candidate, Newham) Victoria Rance (prospective Green candidate, Greenwich) Aaron Regisford (Green candidate, Lewisham) Matt Rogan (Green candidate, Leeds) Caroline Russell (Green councillor, Islington) Lorna Jane Russell (Green councillor, Camden) Tamasin Rhymes (Green councillor, Greenwich) Lakshan Saldin (Green councillor, Greenwich) Maia Salman-Lord (prospective Green candidate, Sheffield) Becky Sanders (Green candidate, Lewisham) Ulgen Semerci (Green candidate, Hackney) Jimmy Shannon (Green and Independent Alliance councillor, Cheshire West and Chester) Liam Shrivastava (Green councillor, Lewisham) Stacy Smith (Green candidate, Greenwich) Penny Stables (Green councillor, Leeds) Brannoc Stevenson (Green candidate, Leeds) Alison Stoecker (prospective community independent candidate, Islington) Hau-Yu Tam (Green councillor, Lewisham) Karin Tearle (Green candidate, Greenwich) Reiner Tegtmeyer (Green candidate, Hackney) Richard Tinsley (Green candidate, Sheffield) Nick Torry (Green candidate, Lewisham) Claudia Turbet-Delof (independent socialist councillor, Hackney) Peter Underwood (Green candidate for Mayor of Croydon) Paul Valentine (Green councillor, Lambeth) Aadi Venkatesh (prospective Green candidate, Southwark) Michael Welton (Green councillor, Trafford) Joe Wheatley (independent councillor, Bradford Metropolitan District) Penny Wrout (independent socialist councillor, Hackney) Leon Zadok (Green candidate, Leeds) last updated 13 February == To sign the pledge, you need to be a councillor or Welsh/Scottish parliament member, or prospective candidate in the council or parliamentary elections (May 2026), and to fill in the form below. (If you are someone else who wants to campaign for free public transport, this is not for you – but please look us up at farefreelondon.org, and get in touch at info@farefreelondon.org!) Thanks for your support! This initiative is supported by Fare Free London.

People aged under 18 can travel for free on journeys in the region that start and end in Barnsley.

A group of 88 councillors and prospective candidates in the May local elections have pledged “to use our platforms to call for the extension of free public transport, which addresses social injustice, and can help tackle climate change and air pollution”. The group recognises that “funding models would have to change, in line with a […]

More than two million bus journeys have been taken by young people across Wales since the introduction of the £1 bus fare scheme in September last year.

Green Party calls for free bus passes for under-22s

There is good news for rural communities, as the MP for Shetland suggests a pilot scheme of free bus travel. Less dense towns and the rural areas that surround them have for decades been the main victims of the profitability logic that rules our transport system. But the best news is from Glasgow, where the […]

In October this year, one of our organising group had the chance to experience free public transport in Belgrade, Serbia. This article explains what it was like. Thanks to our hosts, Ulice Za Bicikliste (Streets for Cyclists), for being gracious hosts at their conference. First, a bit of background. Public transport in Belgrade has been […]