Scotcard: Scottish Greens' Seamless Public Transport Plan

0:00I'm Cory with the story. That's your Europe news today, Updateon. AI powered and always on. Scottish Greens are dropping a big plan for public transport. A tap-on, tap-off ticketing system, called the Scott Card. Writers would use one ticket with a daily cap for trains, buses and fairies across the whole country, making travel seamless from anywhere, too. Anywhere. This set up copy successful systems already running in Europe where folks just tap and go without hassle. The party wants to roll it out nationwide to simplify how we move around. Co-leader Ross Greer calls it a game changer. Building on winds like free bus travel for young people and ditching peak rail fares, which have already. Save commuters, serious cash. He says it'll cut the complexity of buying multiple tickets and make public options the easy first choice. Funding comes from scrapping road building projects. Shifting cash to get more scots out of cars and onto greener rides. Transports Scotland's top carbon emitter.

1:01So this targets the climate crisis head on. With Europe ahead for years, Scotland's catching up fast, expect this to reshape how we roll daily.