`I leave the car at home`: how free buses are revolutionising one French city
(The Guardian France)

Dunkirk is a month into a project that makes it the biggest European city to offer free public transport. So what do people think?One month after the French channel port of Dunkirk introduced free public transport for all, a small revolution is taking place.Two women, perfect strangers until now, are chatting across the aisle about nothing in particular. One admits she sometimes takes the bus `just for the fun of it`. A young man wearing headphones is charging his mobile in a socket just above the `request stop` button.I never used the bus before. It was too much bother getting tickets or a pass[Fare-free transport is often] associated in France with a lack of value and, by extension, a lack of respectIt may be that the financial cost is too great, but don´t underestimate the social advantages. You can´t put a price on mobility and social justice. Related: Get smart! How a 90s bus pass trial transformed London travel Continue reading...