Scottish Greens will deliver free bus travel for all
The Scottish Greens will deliver free bus travel for all, funded by higher taxes on the super rich and corporations, says Co-leader Ross Greer.
Announcing the policy at his party’s Spring Conference in Glasgow, Ross Greer pledged to build on the 250 million free journeys taken by under 22 year olds as part of the groundbreaking scheme previously delivered by the Scottish Greens.
Contrasting with Labour, who have taken six figure sums from the Easdale brothers, who own McGills bus company, Ross underlined his party’s commitment to public ownership of buses.
Addressing his party conference, Ross said:
“We need to show that our policies and our vision aren’t just good for the planet. Greens will save people money as well. We will make their lives easier. We have a track record to prove it.
“We delivered free bus travel for every young person in Scotland. Hundreds of millions of journeys have been taken since. This has transformed the lives of so many people in our communities.
“It’s given them the opportunity to take up university and college courses they wouldn’t have otherwise. To get job opportunities they wouldn’t have had otherwise. To see friends and family and to see more of this country.
“In fact, free bus travel for young people has been such a success that we want to go further.
“So our manifesto will commit to delivering free bus travel for everyone in Scotland.
“And we’ll provide it on a bus network that has been brought back under public control - ending that failed experiment.
"We will bring to an end the four decades of failure that is the privatisation of the bus network.
“What an incredible contrast there is between that and a Scottish Labour Party that has just taken a six-figure donation from the Easdale brothers, the owners of McGills bus company and leading opponents of public ownership of our bus network."