40 document(s) in Transport.
Electricity sale's billions to be spent on transport
THE Premier, Nathan Rees, has promised that funds raised from the sale of the state's electricity assets will be spent on transport infrastructure, fuelling speculation that the Government will announce funding for the $8 billion Western Metro project before the 2011 election.
Mr Rees made the announcement in Parliament yesterday, but refrained from clarifying which projects would be backed, saying it would be revealed when the Government finalises its "transport blueprint" this year.
Sydney Morning Herald 30/10/2009
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Transport plan will recycle old announcements
THE showpiece transport plan the Rees Government will take to the next election will recycle several previously announced projects, the Minister for Transport has revealed.
Sydney Morning Herald 13/10/2009
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Building a transport system on the run
THE Premier, Nathan Rees, moved quickly this week when it was suggested his Government might have pre-empted the findings of an inquiry into extending light rail services. The State Government and affected local councils including the City of Sydney are looking at whether to extend light rail along the existing former goods line to Dulwich Hill. The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, is also backing a separate plan to build a light rail loop from Central to the Circular Quay along George Street ...
Sydney Morning Herald 03/10/2009
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We're turning into a car park: mayor
THE city at the geographical heart of metropolitan Sydney is struggling to manage the growing numbers of residents and workers because of poor public transport, say civic leaders.
Sydney Morning Herald 25/09/2009
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A commuter solution: buy a scooter
PETER ABRAHAMSEN has a solution to the lack of buses on the Northern Beaches it's sleek, light and folds-up, so that when a bus does arrive he can take it with him.
It's a Razor scooter and Mr Abrahamsen bought it last month after the NSW Government changed bus timetables in the area.
Sydney Morning Herald 18/09/2009
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Moore vows to codify transport blueprint
SYDNEY'S Lord Mayor will try to enshrine any new public transport plan into law, with a guaranteed budget and construction timetable, to ensure the projects are delivered.
Sydney Morning Herald 16/09/2009
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On the line ahead, another bugaboo
IT SHOULD surprise no one that bureaucrats have been keeping dire warnings about the needs of the rail network away from state cabinet because they are politically inconvenient. That, after all, is the way things are done in NSW. The management of public transport here does not involve planning as that term is normally understood. Instead, change happens as a series of nasty surprises sprung on ministers at the last moment as a way to scare them, sheep-like, into approving developments which ...
Sydney Morning Herald 09/09/2009
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A year on, Rees vows he won't be worn down
Nathan Rees became Premier a year ago today, and thanks to weeks of political crises he has the spring back in his step, writes Andrew Clennell.
Sydney Morning Herald 05/09/2009
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RailCorpulent: trains too full for comfort
RAILCORP has revealed that Sydney's trains are running with passenger loads well above the comfort level the organisation believes is ideal.
Sydney Morning Herald 04/09/2009
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Western freeway a Sunshine shadow
A $5 billion freeway to link Melbourne's ports to the Western Ring Road could affect hundreds of homes in West Sunshine, Government tender documents show.
The Age 01/09/2009
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