Free Public ransport for Everyone

Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : 
What Is Free Public Transport?
Obviously, Free Public Transport for everyone is not really entirely free. Someone, somewhere got to pay for it. What Free public transport, often called fare-free public transit or zero-fare public transport, generally means is a public transport funded in full by means other than by collectingfares from passengers. Usually it is funded through taxation by national, regional or local governments, or by commercial sponsorship by businesses.
What constitutes Public Transport?
Public transport vary from city to city but typically public transport may include city buses, trolleybuses, rapid transit (metro/subway/underground, etc.) and ferries , trams (or light rail) and passenger trains. Public transport between cities include airlines, intercity buses, coaches, and intercity rail services.
The Luxembourg example of Free Public Transport
From summer 2020, Luxembourg is planning to become the first country in the world to make all its public transport free.
After being re-elected the coalition government led by Xavier Bettel, sworn in for in for a second term as prime minister on December 2018 declared their plan to lift fares on trains, trams and buses for everyone.
Luxembourg City the capital ofLuxembourg suffers from some of the worst traffic congestion in the world. It isa home to around 110,000 people and afurther 400,000 commute into the city to work.
Drivers in Luxembourg spent an average of 33 hours in traffic jams in 2016, a recent study reveals.
While the country has 600,000 inhabitants, nearly 200,000 people living in France, Belgium and Germany cross the border every day to work in Luxembourg.
Luxembourg has increasingly shown a progressive attitude to transport. In summer 2018, the Luxembourg government introduced free transport for every child and young person under the age of 20. Secondary school students can use free shuttles between their institution and their home. Commuters need only pay €2 (£1.78) for up to two hours of travel, which in a country of just 999 sq miles (2,590 sq km) covers almost all journeys.
Now, from the start of 2020 all tickets will be abolished, saving on the collection of fares and the policing of ticket purchases.
There are other cities in the world where public transport are not charged for however, all of those cities are relatively small in both geographic and population sizes.
What Are the Benefits?
1. The most obvious benefit is reducing traffic jams as more or more people would have incentives to use public transports instead of using smaller private vehicles which are one of the main reasons for traffic congestion in the cities all over the world.
2. It would create a more environment friendly city. Reduced air pollution, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
3. It will reducing other air pollutants
4. Reduce noise pollution.
5. Reduce overall consumption of oil and petrol/dieselwould help mitigate global warming.
6. Free Public Transport will facilitate a more efficient labor markets since it is easier for poor people to get to jobs.
7. The poor people who suffers from structural discrimination in terms of being compelled to live on the outskirts of the city,often far from their workplaces, would benefit immensely as the cost of the transportation to their workplaces would be eliminated. It would result in better standard of living for lower income people.
8. It would save millions in tax payers’ money by eliminating the expenses of printing tickets, collecting fares and reducing overheads.
The writer is Consulting Editor AmaderNotunShomoy