My point was that if you’re writing an article talking about how much Australians spend on cycling/walking infrastructure you should at least mention that federal numbers are not the whole picture and that federal is not the level of government that is going to cover most of said infrastructure. Omitting this smacks of the author just looking for a low number to draw attention/outrage.
That’s sort of fair, but it’s the same argument people use to justify the Commonwealth spending more on private schools than public. “Oh, yeah they do, but the state governments spend more on public schools.” That may be true, but IMO every level of government should have budgets that stand up to scrutiny.
You’re right. About 1% of our transport infra spend goes to active transport. And it’s mostly from state and local governments. It’s still very low, but not as disproportionate as the article suggests.
My point was that if you’re writing an article talking about how much Australians spend on cycling/walking infrastructure you should at least mention that federal numbers are not the whole picture and that federal is not the level of government that is going to cover most of said infrastructure. Omitting this smacks of the author just looking for a low number to draw attention/outrage.
That’s sort of fair, but it’s the same argument people use to justify the Commonwealth spending more on private schools than public. “Oh, yeah they do, but the state governments spend more on public schools.” That may be true, but IMO every level of government should have budgets that stand up to scrutiny.
You’re right. About 1% of our transport infra spend goes to active transport. And it’s mostly from state and local governments. It’s still very low, but not as disproportionate as the article suggests.