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Tag Archives: Employment Centres
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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The Strategic Week (no. 17, Friday 15 April 2016) – the week in governance, planning, infrastructure and transport
Top of the Week Lagging jobs growth in Western Sydney could result in transport chaos for the whole of Sydney By 2036 Sydney’s economy “will be strangled by the daily congestion and expense involved in moving people to their places … Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Infrastructure, Local Government, Planning, Public Transport, Regions, Sydney metro area, The Strategic Week, Transport, Western Sydney
Tagged Employment, Employment Centres, Federal Government, governance, Growth, Infrastructure, light rail, Local Government, Population, Rail, State Government, Strategic Planning, Sydney metro area, Transport, Western Sydney
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Greater Macarthur Land Release – many questions but few answers
The recent announcement by the State Government of the release of 7,700-hectares of land south of Campbelltown at Menangle Park, Mount Gilead and Wilton Junction with up to 35,000 new homes is surprisingly short on detail. A five-page preliminary land … Continue reading
Seven things O’Farrell should do in the first 100 days
There is no doubt that Mr O’Farrell and his party scored an emphatic victory in the NSW election, rewriting the record books in the process. While the main factor in the result was the electorate’s obvious dissatisfaction with the performance of … Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Growth, Infrastructure, Local Government, Public Transport, Sydney metro area, Transport, Western Sydney
Tagged Employment Centres, governance, Growth, Infrastructure, Local Government, State Government, Strategic Planning, Sydney metro area, Transport, Western Sydney
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How is NSW growing? Part 3: Sydney’s employment growth 1996 to 2006
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
How is NSW growing? Part 2: Sydney’s employment centres in 2006
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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