Dulwich Hill Light Rail Extension and Greenway
Sydney is crying out for more public transport capacity and the Rozelle goods line is just sitting there, waiting to be used. If the NSW Government consented to extension of the current light rail service to Dulwich Hill, the communities of the inner west would get an additional six kilometres of fast, reliable, public transport that’s immune to soaring petrol prices and never gets stuck in traffic. Everyone else would get the benefit of the extra road-space, and trains, train stations, and buses that are less like sardine tins!
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EcoTransit members are a diverse range of people from academic, technical and just plain "interested" backgrounds.
Why rail projects in NSW cost three times as much as they should
Submitted by ets_admin on 18 May 2009 - 8:37pm.(as printed in Crikey.com on Thursday, 26 March 2009)
Gavin Gatenby, co-convenor of public transport advocacy group EcoTransit Sydney, writes:
NSW Premier Nathan Rees has his hand out for billions in federal funding for Sydney public transport projects, but the gurus at Infrastructure Australia should be asking some hard questions because something seems terribly wrong with the cost of rail construction in NSW.
Latest Edition of Lightrail Campaign Newspaper Out Now!
Submitted by ets_admin on 18 May 2009 - 8:08pm.
The third edition of the ETS News coverage on the Dulwich Hill extension of the lightrail is now available.
Find out about the campaigns progress, and plans for the future, including more details about a proposed $20 million extension to East Balmain.
EcoTransit Campaign Meeting - RESCHEDULED
Submitted by ets_admin on 2 May 2009 - 5:44pm.Fair Trade Cafe, 33 Glebe Point Rd Glebe (a short walk from the intersection with Parramatta
Road).
The main agenda items are:
- Campaign updates and advocacy goals
As always, everyone is welcome to come along and contribute their views.
Light Rail Campaign Jumps on the Old Sydney Tram!
Submitted by ets_admin on 10 April 2009 - 7:05pm.
EcoTransit Sydney's successful linking of the latest exhibition at the Museum of Sydney with the current campaign to make more of light rail has been covered in a range of local media. See the coverage and pictures of the demonstration:
http://digitaledition.theglebe.com.au/?iid=24105
http://www.altmedia.net.au/light-rail-supporters-shoot-down-%E2%80%98mic...
"Shooting Through - Sydney by Tram" Exhibition Opens
Submitted by ets_admin on 4 April 2009 - 3:11pm.This exhibition runs until the 18th of October.
At the Museum of Sydney
Cnr Bridge and Phillip St
Sydney
In Association with the Sydney Tramway Museum
An overview of transit types
A little discussion of the technical parameters of what we would like to see implemented in Sydney.
Locally made trams a retooling opportunity for former car makers?
From the IWW website :
European Tram Makers to Gain From U.S. Streetcar Push
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/business/worldbusiness/12trams.html?_r...
November 12, 2008
European Tram Makers to Gain From U.S. Streetcar Push
By JOHN TAGLIABUE
PARIS — America may have invented the streetcar, but Europe perfected it.
As gas prices soared and dozens of North American communities sought to reintroduce electric streetcars as an alternative to diesel buses, Europe’s tram builders were some of the biggest beneficiaries.
