I am an urbanist living in Australia
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or, we could fund other transport
The SMH today carries an article with Treasury’s quantification of toll relief at a staggering $95 billion. Just to be clear because big numbers can sometimes overwhelm us, that’s: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/revealed-the-95-billion-shock-hidden-in-sydney-toll-road-proposal-20250307-p5lhtp.html So perhaps, is now the time to rethink? As we proposed in our submission to Professor Fels’ Independent Toll Review, there are a number of…
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We can’t afford not to fund walking
Did you know that between 1/8th of trips in Western Sydney, and 1/4 of trips in Eastern Sydney are walked? (NSW Household Travel Survey, Six Cities, 2022/3). Yet the Federal government spends only 1/800th of its transport dollars on walking, scooting and cycling. NSW is marginally better, spending 1/25th of transport dollars on these in…
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Submission on Guide to Traffic Impact Assessment
Marc Lane and Regina Haertsch submitted a response to the Draft Guide to Transport Impact Assessment, emphasizing the need to focus on walking and cycling as the starting point for transport assessment. We urge for changes in the guide to support mode shift and active transport, including reduced parking and training for councils.
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Up the PUTP
Reflections on the need to upgrade the draft Pyrmont Ultimo Transport Plan WalkSydney acknowledges Transport for NSW is evolving to develop more place based approaches to planning by developing the Pyrmont-Ultimo Transport Plan. The plan has some helpful elements including addressing walking, cycling and place improvements on the peninsula. The Transport Plan is somewhat aligned to…
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PATH letter to COP28
Did you know that mode shift does more to fight climate change than EV? This diagram from Bloomberg illustrates just how many barrels of oil internationally have been saved through EV (four wheeler) vs eBike and moped uptake (two and three wheeler): Read more about it here: https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870 Walking can do even more. In Australia,…
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Don’t Fence Me In
Transport for NSW has been rolling out 4m high ‘safety’ fencing on new bridges for some time – you may have seen powercoated versions of this around the Westconnex M4-M5 tunnel portals, for example, or a posh version on the Tibby Cotter Bridge over Anzac Parade. At the other end is the looming metal cages…
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