Comment No, we wont (Score 1) 143
Free public bus transport was the initial idea. Now nobody is sure because there is so much hurry and miscommunication involved. There was and idea that counties can choose: to open new bus routes, lower the ticket price or to set the ticket price to zero. Many counties would prefer to use the money to open new routes so that is will help more people.But now the central government declared that the counties that will not give free rides to everyone cannot give free rides to anyone. There is a long-standing tradition that pensioners and students are driving either free of charge or have heavily discounted tickets.
Knowing the minister involved, all this will change the next week. It already has changed so many times.
Btw, it is all for intra-county bus transport only. And counties in Estonia are max 150km from one end to another. When you want to drive from Tartu to Tallinn then that plan is for no use.