NSW 2008 and 2009 Submissions to Infrastructure Australia - M5 Expansion Project

Background
On Wednesday, 9 June 2010 Greens MP and transport spokesperson Lee Rhiannon won Upper House support for the following motion:

On 24 April 2010 a saddle survey was undertaken of the M7 Cycleway, north and south from Rooty Hill Station.

NSW 2008 Submission to Infrastructure Australia - M4 Extension Project

Background
On Wednesday, 9 June 2010 Greens MP and transport spokesperson Lee Rhiannon won Upper House support for the following motion:

The City West Cycle-Link is a proposal for a new cycling facility that would provide a grade-separated connection between Darley Road at Lilyfield and the Anzac Bridge cycleway at White Bay. As proposed, the City West Cycle-Link does not require the use of the rail formation through the Lilyfield rail cutting.

An illustrated presentation by Gavin Gatenby, Convenor EcoTransit Sydney, of options for providing a 3 metre-wide shared path within the
Dulwich Hill light rail corridor, while ensuring that habitat is restored to encourage resident wildlife and assist migratory species.

Tuesday 27 April, 7.30pm
Seaview Street Hall, Seaview Street, Dulwich Hill
(Next door to Dulwich Hill Library)

This Opinion piece was submitted to the Sydney Morning Herald back in early January...in the wake of information that suggests that $54 billion dollars is allocated to Sydney motorways in the NSW Governments latest transport plan, we thought that a little historical context would be useful....

By Tony Prescott
Planner and member of EcoTransit Sydney

Both Sydney dailies have carried stories that should make both the NSW Government and the Opposition sit up and take notice.
See the stories and tell the letters editors what you think!

Slow trains push commuters onto motorways - ANDREW WEST (SMH TRANSPORT)
January 16, 2010

Despite an Upper House order to produce all documents related to the Steer Report (produced by NSW Treasury and leaked to the SMH earlier this year) and the 2007 discussion paper on the M4 East, at least six boxes of documents have not been provided for public examination. Indeed, the only materials that have been released are documents that are already in the public domain.

We have received a lovely response from the NSW Opposition Leader on our latest newspaper. We are hoping to collect a great many more in the next few weeks. A landslide of popular opinion against the project that is set to starve the CityRail Network of funds and steal the corridor that will help expand CityRail's capacity by around 50%!

Here's the start of the list:

It has been revealed that the recent decision to attempt a change to the legislation on the closure of currently unused railway corridors may have had a push from the man who has been accusing EcoTransit Sydney of trying to eliminate cycling in the Rozelle Goods line corridor.