2023 NSW State Election Priorities for EcoTransit
Sydney Trains Light Rail Active Transport Sydney Metro Regional Rail & Other Matters (for Ecotransit’s full Regional Rail strategy click here.)
Considering e-scooters for Greater Sydney
Not sure what the NSW Govt and Transport NSW feel about electric scooters recently. But after 10 weeks in southern France at Nice and Menton… Read More »Considering e-scooters for Greater Sydney
EcoTransit Sydney submission on the Bays West Stage 1 Draft Master Plan
EcoTransit Sydney submission on the Bays West Stage 1 Draft Master Plan (White Bay Power Station [and Metro] and Robert St sub-precincts) 1. Introduction EcoTransit… Read More »EcoTransit Sydney submission on the Bays West Stage 1 Draft Master Plan
Public forum with Prof Peter Norton
Ecotransit collaborated with Friends of Erskineville and WalkSydney to host an online Zoom forum with historian and author Prof Peter Norton from the University of… Read More »Public forum with Prof Peter Norton
Video: Gavin Gatenby & David Kirby on WestConnex & history repeating
The Fifth Estate: Video: Gavin Gatenby & David Kirby on WestConnex & history repeating (2 July 2015)
In the late 1970s in Sydney it was the South-West freeway, now the M5, that drew heavy opposition.
Today it’s the WestConnex, but as far as EcoTransit Sydney’s Gavin Gatenby is concerned the fundamentals have not changed.Read More »Video: Gavin Gatenby & David Kirby on WestConnex & history repeating
Unfinished Business – The Kyeemagh–Chullora Road Inquiry and the future of Sydney
Video: Gavin Gatenby & David Kirby, QC, BA, LLB. on WestConnex & history repeating. The Fifth Estate: Unfinished Business – The Kyeemagh-Chullora Road Inquiry and… Read More »Unfinished Business – The Kyeemagh–Chullora Road Inquiry and the future of Sydney
Saving Wolli Creek trailer
The Wolli Creek Valley is inner south-west Sydney’s environmental gem but might have been an 8-lane freeway. It was saved by Sydney’s longest conservation fight.… Read More »Saving Wolli Creek trailer
Dulwich Hill light rail – the opening
A record of the first services on, and official opening of, the extension of Sydney’s light rail service from Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill on 27… Read More »Dulwich Hill light rail – the opening
How the light rail extension really got off the ground
SMH: How the light rail extension really got off the ground Gavin Gatenby (March 27, 2014)
The way Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian tells it, Thursday’s opening of the Dulwich Hill light rail extension is entirely the achievement of the O’Farrell Government.Read More »How the light rail extension really got off the ground
Does the new Inner West Light Rail deliver the best for users?
702 ABC Sydney: Does the new Inner West Light Rail deliver the best for users? By Matthew Bevan (27 March, 2014)
Some elements of the Inner West Light Rail Extension may leave a little to be desired, according to a transport expert.Read More »Does the new Inner West Light Rail deliver the best for users?
The great rail infrastructure rip-off
EcoTransit Sydney’s Gavin Gatenby shows that new rail infrastructure costs in New South Wales have spiralled out of control over the last decade … to… Read More »The great rail infrastructure rip-off
New calls to complete Eastern Suburbs Railway
AltMedia: New calls to complete Eastern Suburbs Railway May 9, 2013
Controversy over the CBD and South East Light Rail project has reignited debate about the incomplete Eastern Suburbs Railway line, with Surry Hills residents claiming its completion could negate the need for the light rail project.Read More »New calls to complete Eastern Suburbs Railway
Fresh impetus for Oxford St light rail
AltMedia: Fresh impetus for Oxford St light rail April 25, 2013
Local political and business leaders have vowed to continue the fight for light rail along Oxford St, despite the State Government’s decision to build Sydney’s first new light rail lines since the year 2000 on Devonshire St instead of Oxford St.Read More »Fresh impetus for Oxford St light rail
WestConnex: Greiner’s folly – Part 1: A project overtaken by events
Nick Greiner’s WestConnex proposal would cost at least $15 billion and take more than a decade to complete. In this video series EcoTransit Sydney will… Read More »WestConnex: Greiner’s folly – Part 1: A project overtaken by events
Unfit for purpose
In 2012 NSW’s O’Farrell Government announced that Sydney’s long-awaited North West Rail Link would proceed, but only as a metro-style, privatised operation. In addition, the Epping-Chatswood tunnel and its stations would be modified so that it could not be used by modern double-deck suburban trains.Read More »Unfit for purpose
WasteConnex – Infrastructure NSW’s highest priority project
WasteConnex is THE highest priority project for construction, consulting and finance. Thirty-three kilometres of tollways will transform tollway revenue collection and provide vital state support… Read More »WasteConnex – Infrastructure NSW’s highest priority project
Parramatta Road plan kicks buses to the kerb
SMH: Parramatta Road plan kicks buses to the kerb Jacob Saulwick August 23, 2012
Trams would be returned to Parramatta Road, running from Broadway as far west as Strathfield under a proposal from a public transport advocacy group.
The proposal, from EcoTransit, comes amid renewed interest in transport options for the inner west, with the state government also set to consider motorway options for the struggling arterial corridor.Read More »Parramatta Road plan kicks buses to the kerb
Two more tracks: How to boost Sydney’s commuter rail capacity
Sydneysiders are trying to get out of their cars and onto public transport but the city’s most important public transport system is at capacity. Two… Read More »Two more tracks: How to boost Sydney’s commuter rail capacity
The Sydney rail costs rip-off
Radio 2UE’s Stuart Bocking talks to EcoTransit Sydney Convenor Gavin Gatenby on 19 June 2012 about overcosting of rail projects in NSW. The interview covers… Read More »The Sydney rail costs rip-off
Let’s get the fast train to Newcastle
The ability to travel seamlessly from Sydney’s CBD right into Newcastle’s historic business, retail, and entertainment precinct is a priceless advantage that should be the… Read More »Let’s get the fast train to Newcastle