Policy Point #7:
Re: Radical $30B Raill Plan to Bring Whole City Online To the Editor The $30 billion Christie rail plan will do little to alleviate future traffic congestion in Sydney. The reason is quite simple. Virtually the only places in the metroplitan area that can be reached by auto competitive public transport are the central business districts of Sydney and North Sydney. Nowhere else is public transport's market share significant because everywhere else it is simply too inconvenient or takes too long. The Christie plan will not change this. More than 90 percent of employment is outside the central business districts. Even if all of the trips on the new rail lines are taken from cars, auto transport demand will be reduced by barely two percent. All of this means that the new rail lines will confer benefits on a comparative few, and at great cost.
Sincerely, Published 28 February 2002
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