A on a train at Town Hall station caused an entire day of delays across Sydney鈥檚 rail network on August 23. Rather than being an exception, the incident was just the latest chaos to hit Sydney commuters.
Transport
The upcoming NRMA election of directors is shaping up to be a referendum on the WestConnex tollroad, according to Peter Hehir, one of the two candidates contesting the Harbour Region.
Residents gathered at several sites near entrances to the environmentally and socially disastrous WestConnex tollway tunnel on July 13 to protest the opening of the NSW Coalition government's signature $27 billion transport nightmare.
Newtown Residents Against WestConnex held a snap action outside a WestConnex information session in Newtown on March 27.
More than 100 people joined an emergency protest in Sydney鈥檚 Inner West on March 18 to demand an immediate halt to the $17 billion WestConnex tollway project while its social and environmental impacts are fully investigated.
Residents gathered in leafy Buruwan Park in Annandale on March 4 to protest the park鈥檚 destruction by NSW Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) as part of the controversial $17 billion WestConnex tollway network.
Satellite imaging analysis released for the first time on March 13 shows much greater ground settlement and potential property damage from WestConnex tunnelling than predicted by the NSW Coalition government and the environmental impacts statements for the project.
Many battles have been fought over the Upfield Line. Here, Socialist councillor Sue Bolton talks about the fight to duplicate the line.
An ever growing number of Sydneysiders are now aware that WestConnex will not solve Sydney鈥檚 traffic problems 鈥 instead it will only worsen the chaos.
Many also see that its $16.8 billion budget has been seriously underestimated: it is more like the $45 billion that SGS Economics, the private contractor engaged by the City of Sydney indicated. This figure includes the additional work needed to connect the tollway with local road networks, costs that were deliberately excluded to downplay the project spend.
It is increasingly clear that we need more public transport to reduce air-polluting travel and provide much-needed sustainable jobs.
But state governments are captive to the road industry. The result is poor planning, expanding and expensive road tolls and more carbon pollution.
The following is the Socialist Alliance鈥檚 鈥 an example of what an alternative transport plan could look like.
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鈥淲e鈥檙e mad as hell and we鈥檙e not taking it anymore!鈥 Mary Court, secretary of the Penrith Valley Combined Unions (PVCU) and No M4 Toll, told the Don鈥檛 Mess With the West rally on February 16.
鈥淲estern Sydney will rise up; we鈥檙e not a dumping ground for Sydney鈥檚 problems鈥, Court said. 鈥淭he 鈥榯oll tax鈥 on the M4 Motorway is an assault 鈥 We are being forced to pay this M4 toll until 2060, increasing at a rate much higher than inflation, to pay for the Coalition state government鈥檚 cost blow-outs elsewhere.
Residents from Annandale and Rozelle, in Sydney鈥檚 inner west, protested against WestConnex on February 15. The controversial $17 billion WestConnex tollway is set to destroy a much-used park and cycle track in the area.
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