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Article: Fed: Commuters choosing not using public transport
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- October 10, 2007
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AAP General News (Australia)
10-10-2007
Fed: Commuters choosing not using public transport
EDS: Embargoed until 0300 AEST Wednesday October 10
CANBERRA, Oct 10 AAP - Australians are refusing to use public transport simply because
they don't want to, a survey by a leading insurer has found.
In Sydney, a city seemingly always in the grip of a public transport meltdown, just
20 per cent of commuters use trains, buses, trams and ferries and that's the highest percentage
nationwide.
The lowest is in Darwin where seven per cent of commuters use public transport.
The figures are contained in the 2007 AAMI Crash Index.
"Public transport comes a distant second to driving with only 17 ...