9. Short Debate: Getting around: Free public transport for young people

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:19 pm on 19 January 2022.

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Photo of Lee Waters Lee Waters Labour 6:19, 19 January 2022

I'd like to thank the Member for tabling the debate and for the range of contributions from Members. As ever, when we debate public transport in this Senedd, there is cross-party interest and support for being more ambitious, and there's no denying the fact that free public transport is an attractive idea. To tackle climate change and reach the non-negotiable limit of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, it's essential that we make fewer car journeys and shift modes of transport to shared forms of mobility and to active travel. The question we're all grappling with is: how we do we do that? How do we change travel behaviour and attitudes and how do we rejig the transport machinery and infrastructure to help bring that about?