TRANSPORT STRATEGY - AUSTRALIA: Goes off the rails
Government's .... has not been matched by a workable public transport policy....
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia - Sydney Morning Herald, By Adele Horin - - November 27, 2004 -- Sydney's population grows by almost 1000 a week but the train system isat a standstill, the buses crawl at horse-and-buggy pace through the CBD, and the transport duo, are implacably opposed to light rail .... It is easy to build tollways; ..... and when people are killed on them, it is seen as their own fault not the Government's..... It is harder to build an efficient public transport system ..... Other cities manage it.... Denver voted for a sales tax to raise $US8 billion for new light rail lines.... dozens of other car-crazy American cities have recently embraced public transport systems..... The US Federal Government, unlike our own, now directs money to urban transit instead of national highways. Closer to home, the Western Australian Government has reversed the old ratio and is now spending $5 on public transport for every $1 on roads....
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