Public transport is already free of charge in some 30 cities in France. One of the pioneers is Compiègne, which introduced the measure in 1975 and has maintaine

Public transport is already free of charge in some 30 cities in France. One of the pioneers is Compiègne, which introduced the measure in 1975 and has maintained it ever since. The first city with more than 100,000 inhabitants to apply this free travel was Aubagne in 2009, followed by Niort in 2017. The next milestone was reached last year with the introduction of free travel in Dunkirk, which has more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is currently the largest French agglomeration to apply free travel, and it has as many inhabitants as Besançon. The only one of these cities to have a tramway is Aubagne, but it was built after the introduction of free travel and has only one short line, less than 3 kilometers long. Free public transport in France is thus not really an experiment. Source: https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/transports/transports-en-commun-gratuits-ce-qui-existe-ailleurs-en-france-1575304553 https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/transports/transports-en-com...