EcoTransit witnesses Roydon Ng & Matt Doherty speaking at the NSW Parliament Inquiry for Critical transport infrastructure supporting the Western Sydney International Airport and Western… Read More »EcoTransit calls for Sydney Trains expansion towards Western Sydney Airport
We are delighted to have contributed to the NSW Parliament Inquiry into Current and future public transport needs in Western Sydney and are encouraged by… Read More »EcoTransit supports findings of Inquiry into Western Sydney Public Transport
EcoTransit Sydney thanks the City of Parramatta Council for the opportunity to make a submission for the Parramatta 2050 strategy. As one of Sydney’s longstanding… Read More »Parramatta 2050 Future Transport
Transforming Sydney’s Rail Network: New Australian-Made Tram-Trains Sydney the vibrant capital of New South Wales, is on the cusp of a significant upgrade to its… Read More »Call for Australian made Tram-Trains
As Sydney continues to grow, the need for effective and efficient transportation solutions becomes ever more critical. One of the key transportation projects currently near… Read More »Extending Sydney Trains: South West Rail Link from Leppington to Western Sydney Airport
EcoTransit supports the Sydney Trains Network and expresses disappointment at both the NSW Liberal Government and NSW Labor proposals for the expansion of rail in… Read More »Better Options for Sydney Trains for West of Bankstown & Western Sydney Airport
Prof David Levinson, founding president of WalkSydney and Professor of Transport Engineering at the University of Sydney gives a fascinating speech about traffic signals. In… Read More »Public forum with Prof David Levinson – traffic signals and making walking better
Ecotransit members Colin Schroeder and Andrew Chuter talk about using two lanes of the Cahill Expressway as dedicated bus lanes and providing train, light rail,… Read More »What should we do with the Cahill Expresway?
Key Issues Above image: Draft Bankstown Station Design (with Bankstown Train Station on left, uncovered pedestrian plaza in the middle, and Metro station on right).… Read More »West of Bankstown – the forgotten commuters
The Sydney Metro West has been presented to the people of New South Wales as the only option to improve public transport to Sydney’s western… Read More »Sydney Metro West vs Sydney Trains Alternative
EcoTransit is a not-for-profit, public advocacy group promoting public and active transport. Publictransport must play the most important role in making Cumberland and Western Sydney… Read More »Transport in Cumberland LGA
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
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
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
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?
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
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