The Basque government will promote free public transport for children under 12

He Basque government will the tip of public transport for minors 12 years A proposal will be officially presented to the Basque Transport Authority in the coming year.

The Minister of Sustainable Mobility announced this on Monday. Susana Garciaduring his appearance in the corresponding parliamentary committee to explain the challenges of this section for this legislature, during which the Sustainable Mobility Plan of Euskadi will be formulated, which will be submitted to Parliament for debate this autumn and which will be valid for ten years. A rail sector law will also be drawn up to regulate this infrastructure.

The socialist councilor has announced that the interoperability process of the Bat, Barik and Mugi cards will reach its climax next year and they will all be able to be used in any public transport, regardless of the territory.

As explained, the implementation of the Guipuzcoan Mugi card in the transport associated with Bilbobus and Bizkaibus is in progress, whose integration is expected to take place before the end of the year, and Bat and Barik in the Lurraldebus transport, scheduled for 2025.

In addition, the aim has been set to unit rate system which, “while respecting the peculiarities of each area”, establishes a system of progressive discounts based on the use and socio-economic characteristics of users and which particularly favours certain groups, such as young people under 26, the unemployed, the disabled or large groups of families ” “and can even be free in the case of intensive use.”