Romanian city rewards exercise with bus passes: Europe’s summer of free public transport

This summer, European countries have been trying to get more travellers on public transport. Next month, Spain is making all intercity rail travel free to use and Germany has introduced an all-you-can ride €9 Fahrschein.

But Romania wants you to earn your fare, says New Zealald Herald.

The town of Cluj-Napoca has introduced a smart ticketing booth that will reward sporty citizens. It dispenses free bus tickets to those who can complete 20 squats in two minutes.

Available between the hours of 8am and 8pm the ‘Health Ticket’ is the creation of local marketing agency SYKES Romania. Those successfully completing the challenge are given a one way fare – equivalent to 2.50 RON.

A similar initiative was launched in 2020 for European Sports Week, which resulted in 1 million squats and 55,000 free bus passes.

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