They need to make the buses electric or hydrogen first.

I don't think so because young people have more energy, so they can ride a bike or walk to help the environment.

No as more buses will be used and buses are one of the big polluters. Though if they used electric buses I would say yes as it would help a lot.

By definition, the more people get the bus, the less cars there are on the road therefore, reducing carbon emissions.

They definetly need to make the buses eletric first but once they have done that then definetly yes because it will make it easier for children to get to places in a better way beccause they won't have to rely one there parents to drive them in the car which means there will be less air pollution and CO2 going into the atmosphere. The other thing is it will give children from low income families a better chance of doing more activities

If I could I would have voted for both

But are the ELECTRIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!'!!'!!'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buses need to be Electric and if the case is petrol or diesel then it will be stopped at cop26

Yes it will be better but to get net zero they need to make busses powered by renewable electric.

Potentially but not necessarily. Buses still pollute our planet, so whilst they are better than cars, really there should be greater encouragement for cycling or walking.

I think not as yes, more people will be on the same transport but if you make it free, people will go more and more frequently, meaning that demands for building more C02 unfriendly transport (such as trams ,buses ,etc) .

I don’t think this is the most improvement step. I know a lot of little differences make a big difference but there are more steps that you could look on first. Besides sometimes it’s not just about the money it’s also why they can’t get by bus.

i don't think it should because that means more people will be riding buses and then it will release more gases

No, that would hit the transport industry pretty hard. They would suffer because most of the people taking the bus are children in school. There are more downsides than up in short.

No because if the buses are free then more people will be encouraged taking them like older people instead of walking to their location. Walking does nothing to the environment but buses do!

We should use Electric/hybrid buses, but otherwise I think it's a good idea!!

People will be using less private transport and more public transport that can fit LOADS more people on them - this reduces the amount of carbon and traffic around schools. I do agree that more buses should be electric so that we can limit the pollution.

Young people can make a bus heavy so the bus will take longer get to the destination so then they will have to recharge and if they make rides free then how will the driver pay for the fuel?! It won't work!

humbugs, I think the Government pays for it???

If they start taking better care for the buses, like cleaning up things like graffiti, stickers or gum and make them more frequent and reliable more people would use them. I personally live in England and catch the bus to school, and have a smartcard to do so, and i use them not just for school now as well, but to do other things so kids in Scotland who usually take the car driven by their parents will use them because what if the parents are busy?

I want 7+ kids to go home on the bus after school.