In part 2 of this series we continue our excursion into Sydney’s rail world and look at whether this city spends its rail money wisely to prepare for an age of declining…
Category: Australia Transport
Team Australia to pay billions for new oil-vulnerable infrastructure
One would think that an increase of oil related taxes would be used to reduce oil dependency and fund public transport infrastructure, especially as the Iraq war has entered yet another critical…
NSW government acknowledges peak oil but continues business as usual regardless
In its recent submission to Infrastructure Australia, the NSW government acknowledges peak oil but proposes a list of projects which does not reflect its own analysis. We read: “2.8 Planning for an…
Sydney’s Metropolitan Transport Plan
My submission to the Metropolitan Transport Plan proposal http://www.nsw.gov.au/metropolitantransportplan is here: 26/5/2010 Comments on Metropolitan Transport Plan http://www.crudeoilpeak.com/downloads/MetropolitanTransportPlan.pdf Contents of this PDF file: Summary 1 Time table of events 2010 – 2020…
XPT Sydney – Coffs Harbour vs. Pacific Highway Upgrade
When going to Coffs Harbour for a peak oil presentation at the Council Chambers in March 2009 I took the XPT to test the rail service. Yes, what you see here is…