Moving Australians Sustainably is a new report from Australia's public transport user groups.
The report outlines some of the ways that public transport can reduce congestion, oil imports, greenhouse emissions, and contribute to healthier lifestyles and improved workforce productivity.
The federal government has a number of responsibilities and policy objectives in each of these areas, and improved public transport would make a major contribution to each of them. With federal and state governments reassessing responsibilities in areas such as health, education and water management, the time is ripe for significant federal investment in public transport infrastructure - as already happens right across the industrialised world.
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