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Australia Transport Archive
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Sydney playing risky and costly metropoly games amid oil price fears (part 1)
Posted on October 7, 2018 | No CommentsSydney must be the only city in the world which closes its most modern heavy rail tunnel, 12.5 kms, designed for its ubiquitous double deckers and used by long distance […] -
Sydney planning chaos: New Planning Review makes no provision for light rail at Epping station (part 2)
Posted on July 20, 2017 | No CommentsContinuation from part 1 There must be a proper LR terminus at Epping. Let’s look at the options. The closest location to the station would be on the South bound […] -
Sydney planning chaos: New Planning Review makes no provision for light rail at Epping station (part 1)
Posted on July 20, 2017 | No CommentsA planning review for Sydney’s suburb of Epping which started in 2016 contains an interim traffic report with a focus on cars and parking. https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/about-parramatta/precinct-planning/epping-planning-review No land or road space is […] -
No glut in Australian petroleum inventories
Posted on January 12, 2016 | No CommentsThe Australian Capital’s daily newspaper Canberra Times started the New Year by reprinting an article of the Daily Telegraph referring to an abundance of oil – without checking whether this […] -
Explosions cut Sydney – Brisbane rail tracks days after wild storm
Posted on April 29, 2015 | No CommentsIn year 10 of peaking oil production and rising tensions in the Middle East, governments should be busy upgrading their rail lines. But look what’s happening here in Australia. Fig […] -
Sydney mismanages transition to driver-less single deck trains (part 2)
Posted on January 4, 2015 | No CommentsIn 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 […] -
Team Australia to pay billions for new oil-vulnerable infrastructure
Posted on October 29, 2014 | No CommentsOne 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 […] -
NSW government acknowledges peak oil but continues business as usual regardless
Posted on October 19, 2010 | No CommentsIn 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 […] -
Sydney’s Metropolitan Transport Plan
Posted on May 26, 2010 | No CommentsMy 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 […] -
XPT Sydney – Coffs Harbour vs. Pacific Highway Upgrade
Posted on April 1, 2009 | No CommentsWhen 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 […]
![Sydney playing risky and costly metropoly games amid oil price fears (part 1) Sydney must be the only city in the world which closes its most modern heavy rail tunnel, 12.5 kms, designed for its ubiquitous double deckers and used by long distance […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Epping_rail_tunnel_closure_Oct2018-115x115.jpg)
![Sydney planning chaos: New Planning Review makes no provision for light rail at Epping station (part 2) Continuation from part 1 There must be a proper LR terminus at Epping. Let’s look at the options. The closest location to the station would be on the South bound […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Epping-station_pedestrian_bridge-115x115.jpg)
![Sydney planning chaos: New Planning Review makes no provision for light rail at Epping station (part 1) A planning review for Sydney’s suburb of Epping which started in 2016 contains an interim traffic report with a focus on cars and parking. https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/about-parramatta/precinct-planning/epping-planning-review No land or road space is […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/PRL_planned_train_services_1999_for_2006-115x115.jpg)
![No glut in Australian petroleum inventories The Australian Capital’s daily newspaper Canberra Times started the New Year by reprinting an article of the Daily Telegraph referring to an abundance of oil – without checking whether this […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/AU_gasoline_stocks_Jul2010-Oct2015-115x115.jpg)
![Explosions cut Sydney – Brisbane rail tracks days after wild storm In year 10 of peaking oil production and rising tensions in the Middle East, governments should be busy upgrading their rail lines. But look what’s happening here in Australia. Fig […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Quarry_creek_explosive_cutting_Apr2015-115x115.jpg)
![Sydney mismanages transition to driver-less single deck trains (part 2) 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 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Railcorp_ATP_briefing-115x115.jpg)
![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 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Fuel_excise_19bn_10years-115x115.jpg)
![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 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/NSW_Sydney_Submission_August2010_p5-115x115.jpg)
![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 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Car_traffic_to_be_replaced_by_Public_Transport-115x115.jpg)
![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 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CoffsHarbourRailLineLookingSouth-115x115.jpg)