Montpellier in southern France is set to introduce free public transport.
It will become the largest French metropolis to introduce such a scheme.
From the end of this year, local residents will be able to utilise a free transport pass across the city’s bus and tram network. The scheme aims to slash emissions, reduce pollution and improve accessibility for the city’s residents.
“By introducing free transport, we are bold in taking a great measure of social justice, of progress, which works for the ecological transition,” tweeted the mayor of Montpellier, Michaël Delafosse.
Montpellier has been experimenting with free transport on weekends since September 2020. In 2021, it extended this to weekdays for under-18s
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