UCU: Campaign for free public transport

Motion

Motion text: The transport sector has made the least progress in cutting fossil fuel use over
the last twenty years. Free public transport could start to reverse this dangerous
trend. Free public transport cuts across the dangerous populist rhetoric that
tackling climate change costs ordinary people money. It shows that the opposite
is true: measures to deal with climate change and air pollution can also make life
better.
There are many ways that free public transport could be paid for, including
higher taxes and levies on the wealthy and corporations. It should not result in
job losses for transport staff.
Public transport is already free in many cities, including Luxemburg, Tallinn,
Montpellier, Dunkerque, Albuquerque and Kansas City.
We note the existence of Campaigns for Free Public Transport in London,
Yorkshire and Scotland and call upon NEC to support these existing initiatives
and promote their extension to the rest of the country.