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Category Archives: Growth
Whatever the NSW election result, metros are the winner
As I write this post on the eve of the 2023 NSW state election, the major parties are neck-and-neck in the opinion polls. I’m not going to attempt to pick the result but there is already one clear winner, at … Continue reading
Western Sydney and the City Deal: a precursor to metropolitan governance reform?
Recently, along with three other authors from Commonwealth countries, I was asked by the editors of the Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance to prepare a short “perspective” on issues and trends in metropolitan governance in response to a paper by … Continue reading
Why are motorways good but fast trains bad for regional cities?
While I was overseas a few months ago in Tbilisi (among other things looking at the city’s transport systems) I read The Conversation article by Todd Denham and Jago Dodson – Regional cities beware – fast rail might lead to … Continue reading
Posted in Fast Rail, Growth, Public Transport, Rail, Regions, Transport
Tagged Employment, Employment Centres, Fast Rail, Federal Government, High Speed Rail, NSW, Queensland, Rail, Strategic Planning, Transport, Victoria
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Bradfield, 75 years on – part 1: the Science of Engineering
Recently I spent 10 minutes or so at Sydney’s busy suburban Strathfield Station while changing trains in the evening peak hour. As I waited I watched the synchronised dance across the station’s eight platforms as double-deck trains arrived, disgorged commuters, … Continue reading
Posted in Growth, History, Infrastructure, Sydney metro area, Transport
Tagged Bradfield, History, Infrastructure, Rail, Strategic Planning, Sydney metro area, Transport
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Back to the Future? – Sydney Region Plan and Transport Strategy (part 1)
For anyone who has been involved with metropolitan planning in Sydney for any length of time there is a whiff of familiarity surrounding the release by the Greater Sydney Commission and Transport for NSW of a suite of documents outlining … Continue reading
Posted in Airport, Growth, Planning, Public Transport, Sydney metro area, Transport
Tagged Airport, Badgerys Creek, Growth, Infrastructure, metro, Rail, Strategic Planning, Sydney metro area, Transport, Western Sydney
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Taking the train downtown – how four Australasian cities are embracing CBD rail
First, an apology. A number of technical and other issues made it very difficult to post to this blog when I was travelling overseas and some of these issues have also complicated the resumption of regular The Strategic Week posts … Continue reading
Posted in Growth, Infrastructure, Public Transport, Sydney metro area, Transport
Tagged Growth, Infrastructure, metro, NWRL, PERL, Rail, State Government, Strategic Planning, SWRL, Sydney metro area, Transport
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The Strategic Week (no. 16, Friday 8 April 2016) – the week in governance, planning, infrastructure and transport
Top of the Week Grattan research claims on poor transport infrastructure investment draw support … A report from the Grattan Institute claims that when it comes to government infrastructure expenditure “too much money has been spent on the wrong projects in … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Governance, Growth, Infrastructure, Local Government, Planning, Public Transport, Statistics, Sydney metro area, The Strategic Week, Transport, Western Sydney
Tagged Federal Government, governance, Growth, Infrastructure, light rail, Local Government, Rail, State Government, Strategic Planning, Sydney metro area, Transport, Western Sydney
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The Strategic Week (no. 15, Friday 1 April 2016) – the week in governance, planning, infrastructure and transport
Top of the Week NSW council mergers: mayors and councillors likely to be dismissed and made to apply for interim positions on merged councils … The NSW Minister for Local Government Paul Toole has revealed that merged councils are likely … Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Growth, Infrastructure, Planning, Population, Public Transport, Regions, Statistics, Sydney metro area, The Strategic Week, Transport, Western Sydney
Tagged Federal Government, governance, Growth, Infrastructure, light rail, Local Government, metro, Population, Rail, State Government, Strategic Planning, Sydney metro area, Transport, Western Sydney
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The Strategic Week (no. 12, Friday 11 March 2016) – the week in governance, planning, infrastructure and transport
This edition of The Strategic Week was delayed in part to incorporate some aspects of the Prime Minister’s media comments and address to a Western Sydney summit on Friday. This will be discussed in further detail in the next edition … Continue reading
Posted in Airport, Governance, Growth, Infrastructure, Local Government, Planning, Public Transport, Sydney metro area, The Strategic Week, Transport, Western Sydney
Tagged Airport, Federal Government, governance, Growth, Infrastructure, light rail, Local Government, metro, Rail, State Government, Strategic Planning, Sydney metro area, Transport, Western Sydney
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The Strategic Week (no. 6, Friday 29 January 2016) – the week in governance, planning, infrastructure and transport
Governance GSC embarks on Sydney’s “great new experiment” in planning – but will it survive the roads lobby? The Greater Sydney Commission (GSC) officially started work on 27 January 2016. The Sydney Morning Herald in an editorial described the GSC as a … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Development, Environment, Governance, Growth, Infrastructure, Local Government, Planning, Public Transport, Regions, ROCs, Sydney metro area, The Strategic Week, Transport, Western Sydney
Tagged Environment, governance, Growth, Infrastructure, light rail, Local Government, Rail, regions, ROCs, State Government, Strategic Planning, Sydney metro area, Transport, Western Sydney
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