Category Archives: Planning

Sydney transport inquiry – final report released

Posted on 5 June, 2010 by Alex

Well, it’s out. The final report of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Independent Public Inquiry into Sydney’s public transport, chaired by Mr Ron Christie, was published by the Herald earlier this week. The report follows the release of the Preliminary Report … Continue reading →

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Transport Public Inquiry final report nears completion

Posted on 2 May, 2010 by Alex

A lot has happened since the SMH Transport Inquiry released its preliminary report in February. Shortly after its release the State Government announced that it was dumping the CBD and West Metros, aspects of which were criticised in the Inquiry … Continue reading →

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Western Sydney a winner in Transport Inquiry interim report

Posted on 16 February, 2010 by Alex

In my last post I outlined the governance arrangements outlined in the interim report of the Independent Public Inquiry into Sydney’s public transport which I had a small role in developing. Now I’d like to summarise the Inquiry’s proposals for … Continue reading →

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Independent inquiry’s report will shape Sydney’s transport debate

Posted on 16 February, 2010 by Alex

It’s finally out – the interim report of the Independent Public Inquiry into Sydney’s public transport.  The Inquiry’s report was prepared under the guidance of Mr Ron Christie, former NSW Coordinator General for Rail and former head of the RTA, … Continue reading →

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SMH publishes transport opinion piece

Posted on 26 January, 2010 by Alex

In late November last year, just before I left for Perth and then Paris, the Sydney Morning Herald published my opinion piece on Sydney’s current transport infrastructure saga. The title the paper chose was: Three times denied: western Sydney misses … Continue reading →

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“Red Ken” looks outside the building

Posted on 21 September, 2009 by Alex

The former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone’s recent City of Sydney CityTalk address contained a strong argument for greater investment in education, infrastructure and sustainable transport to tackle climate change, but he made another  important comment on city management  in the Q&A session afterwards. As a result … Continue reading →

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Christie’s Sydney public transport inquiry hearings kick off

Posted on 18 September, 2009 by Alex

Well, it’s inevitable that the next few posts will be dominated by Sydney public transport and planning issues. On Tuesday the public hearings for the Sydney Morning Herald’s independent public inquiry headed by transport expert and former Director-General Ron Christie … Continue reading →

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Australian product provides new window on local economic performance

Posted on 1 September, 2009 by Alex

Melbourne-based firm .id (informed decisions) have just launched economy.id, an online economic profile to “describe, explore and promote” local economies. economy.id joins the .id stable of profiles and other web-based programs, including profile.id, atlas.id, forecast.id and housing.id. .id’s main client … Continue reading →

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How is NSW growing? Part 3: Sydney’s employment growth 1996 to 2006

Posted on 21 July, 2009 by Alex

In my last post I looked at the snapshot of Sydney’s 33 largest employment centres provided by the NSW Transport Data Centre (TDC) in its Employment and Commuting in Sydney’s Centres, 1996 – 2006, based on the Metropolitan Strategy centres … Continue reading →

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How is NSW growing? Part 2: Sydney’s employment centres in 2006

Posted on 20 July, 2009 by Alex

In part 1, I discussed population growth in the Sydney metropolitan area. I’ll continue by looking at some interesting employment data.   In December 2008 the NSW Transport Data Centre (TDC) released Employment and Commuting in Sydney’s Centres, 1996 – … Continue reading →

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