Survey * Australia - A free ride is just the ticket

Two-thirds of Australians want free travel on buses, trains and ferries, funded from Federal Government surpluses, a nationwide survey says

Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald, by Linton Besser & Sunanda Creagh -August 16, 2007: -- ... In a Galaxy poll commissioned by the Greens, 66 per cent of taxpayers said they were prepared to shoulder the tax burden to participate in a trial period of free public transport - though the shortfall in fare revenue from ferries, trains and buses in Sydney alone would be at least $1.07 billion... Modelled on similar experiments overseas, the trial would entice large numbers of motorists over to public transport and significantly ease the congestion choking each capital city, the Greens say... Only 26 per cent were opposed to running such a trial...