Teenagers aged 14 and 15, full-time students aged over 20 and anyone in possession of a disability card will soon be able to ride public transport for free, the government pledged during Monday night’s Budget 2019 speech.

Incentives to use public transport have been gradually expanded over the past years, in the hope of getting more people to switch over from using private vehicles.

In 2016, 18-year-olds were made eligible for free bus passes. That scheme was extended to all those aged between 16 and 20 last year, and on Monday Finance Minister Edward Scicluna extended it further.

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