31 July 2008
Public transport
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With rising petrol prices and looming climate change, environmentalists pin their hopes on public transport. However, the government has included public transport in the emissions trading scheme. Cities such as Melbourne and Sydney are struggling to get an automatic ticketing system running. Many outer suburbs are cut off from public transport altogether.
What improvements does public transport need in order to be workable in the future—or is it just a thing of the past?
Guests
Peter Moore, Executive director, International Association of Public Transport
Dr John Cox, transport consultant
Author of Refocusing Road Reform, published by the Business Council of Australia, and Roads in the Community, published by Austroads
Tony Morton, Secretary, Public Transport Users Association
Further Information
Moving Australians Sustainably - Report from Australia's public transport user group
Doctors for the Environment Australia - Public Transport, Health and Climate Change
ABS: Australian Social Trends - Public Transport Use
International Association of Public Transport
Centre for Policy Development - Reinvesting in Our Suburbs?
Transit Australia - Australia's Urban Passenger Transport Journal - news from July 2008
Public Transport Users Association
Presenter
Paul Barclay
Story Researcher and Producer
Karin Zsivanovits
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