Roads vs public transport

Q: Do you think it is more important to expand public transport or more important to build new roads and freeways?

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote Other
More important to expand public transport	56%		57%	52%	77%	52%
More important to build roads and freeways	33%		34%	41%	18%	36%
Don’t know	11%		9%	7%	5%	12%

56% think that it is more important to expand public transport and 33% think it is more important to build roads and freeways.

Those more supportive of expanding public transport were aged 18-24 (65%), people from Victoria (64%) and those with university education (66%).

Those more supportive of building roads and freeways were aged 35-44 (40%) and people from Queensland (41%).