Free bus travel for under-22s in Scotland begins

Key Facts

• About a third of the population were already entitled to free bus travel through schemes for older and disabled people.
• The Scottish government says the new scheme means that more than 2.3million people will be able to travel for free on buses in Scotland.
• They will have a blue circle on them which says "ITSO", and will automatically recognise that you are part of the scheme - no matter which bus operator you are using or where in Scotland you are.
• Bus companies will be paid for the journeys in the same way they're paid for the journeys taken on similar schemes which already operate for older and disabled people - although for journeys by these groups the percentage paid is 55.9%, to reflect the different fare types and travel patterns for these groups.

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