Re: Trains make more economic sense than cars: study

[qldspeed-spamsevil@geocities.com (qldspeed)]

On Sat, 10 Jul 1999 09:58:16 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David
Bromage) wrote:

>An Australian study has found that cities without rail based public
>transport spend three times as much of their gross regional product in
>transporting commuters.
>
>The report entitled "Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile
>Dependence" was written by Professor Peter Newman and Dr Jeff Kenworthy
>from the Institute for Science and Technology Policy at Murdoch University
>in Perth.
>
>They found that cities with rail based public transport spend on average
>3-5% of their gross regional product on transport, whereas cities with
>road based public transport spend as much as 15%.


(Yeah right!)

...and anyone wishing to understand what biases are inherent in this
study, should check out the hand picked staff in Newman's own
department and what they have worked on in the past.... 

http://wwwistp.murdoch.edu.au/ABOUT/staff.htm#Newman

There's a collection of eco-feminists, social planners, public
transport 'experts', anti-economic rationalists, greenhouse warriors
etc. Newman was a former Elected Councillor for City of Fremantle
1976-80, and Board Member of Transperth, while Kenworthy was a former
WA government policy worker.

ROTFL .... Call me cynical, but I'd say he has a barrow to push, and
it all looks a bit "left-wing" to me.

Qldspeed.

p.s. David Bromage (the original poster) can otherwise be found here:
http://www.railpage.org.au

Are we getting an unbiased view here?... I think not.

>
>The report is available from Island Press (ISBN 1 55963 660 2), or see
>http://wwwistp.murdoch.edu.au/
>
>Cheers
>David
>