The public overwhelmingly supports union demands on transport and a larger percentage share believes governments are failing their citizens in handling transport issues generally (43% doing well vs 48% doing badly), according to a world-wide poll published by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today. A survey into attitudes to transport, conducted by YouGov in September this year of 16,464 people across 15 countries, showed widespread recognition of the critical role played by transport, and transport workers. The view that the world’s economy relies on transport workers for the movement of goods and people was supported by 81%. (....)