Should Australia invest in mass public transit?

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By Leith van Onselen

Business Spectator’s Rob Burgess has written a spirited post slamming the Abbott Government’s roads fetish and advocating a massive lift in public transport investment:

In the past decade there has been a shift back to public transport as sprawling Australian cities make commuting by car more expensive — both in terms of fuel, time spent battling congestion, and skyrocketing parking costs…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.