Road vs Rail

["Alex Pout" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

This may be a FAQ, but does anyone know the comparison between spending on
roads and rail.  For example, last year a total of $X was spent on Ykm of
roads, but $P was spent of Q km of rail.

I'm just thinking that while a lot of money seems to be spent on upgrading
roads (the Hume and Pacific Hwys, for example), relatively little goes to
upgrading the rail network.  If a proportional amount of money was spent on
rail as roads, surely this would improve the situation.

Consider that some roads are federally funded, some are state, and some are
council.  Would a similar situation help rail?

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Alex Pout
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