RE: Should Pensioners Get Free Travel?

In Portugal, this support is provided in the form of social passes. Pensioners over the age of 65 are entitled to free municipal public transport. This was established in a decree-law in 2003.

This law guarantees that municipal transport services can be used by the elderly without having to pay. Many of the pensions awarded in Portugal are not even enough for pensioners to pay for their medication and cover other unexpected expenses. Of course, there are pensioners who have annual incomes well above mine, for example.

You raise a very interesting point, because making the measure universal, without the need to provide any proof of income, makes it simpler and more practical, but at a significant cost to the state budget.