Education, care and housing
Free public transport for children
Free public transport gives children from low-income families more freedom to get around. Carla co-sponsored the proposals and later asked that young people up to 18 from low-income families and people below the poverty line be helped too.
What Carla did
Amendment
Amendment 490 (Asruf et al., with Kabamba): free public transport for children. Adopted.
Motion
Motion 321: free public transport for children travelling to school too. Adopted.
Motion
Motion 563: a full year of free public transport for children in 2026. Adopted.
Motion
Motion 286 (Kabamba): free public transport for 12 to 18-year-olds from low-income families. Rejected.
Council
In the General Considerations: “I worked here for free public transport for kids. I tried to arrange the same for teenagers, but it is really about a bigger story: freedom of movement.” (translated from Dutch)
Question time
Carla asked whether everyone below the poverty line could get a free travel pass, with an information campaign. The alderman made a commitment.