Jake Coppinger@kyp92 I figured out why it’s called the ‘wave’ - it was a wave of road funding on a stacked area chart:
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/integration-of-mega-projects-into-the-existing-network-the-critical-role-of-traffic-modelling/65073903
The promised #Sydney Park Junction separated cycleway junction has been deleted from designs. The project is due to start construction this month.
That a “major design feature” or “key consideration of the proposal” could be deleted in secret, 2 years after consultation, 3 years after the Review of Environmental Factors, 7 years after the M8 (#WestConnex) approval condition B51 concept design, and announced by omission floored everyone
Another broken WestConnex promise: secret Sydney Park Junction design changes - Jake Coppinger
Ever wondered why there are random dead ends for cycle paths in Sydney? This is a deep dive on how one particular missing link might not get fixed after more than seven years of planning. Let this be a record of how hard it is to get safe cycling intersections built in Sydney, even when the improvements are required approval conditions of a $4.3 billion portion of a motorway project.
Mojo ♻️Australia's toll road economy is unsustainable. Earlier this year, ex-#ACCC chairman Allan Fels and transport expert David Cousins released a report claiming Transurban is exploiting #Sydney motorists, urging the #NSW government to take over toll roads. Transurban controls 11 of NSW’s 13 toll roads, each with different contracts and price hikes. The report says NSW motorists will pay over $123 billion in tolls over 37 years, with Transurban’s #WestConnex motorway accounting for more than half. #highwayrobbery ##privitisation #greed #MultinationalCorporations #mostTolledCityOnEarth
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2024/07/australias-toll-road-economy-eats-itself/
Australia's toll road economy eats itself
Earlier this year, former ACCC chairman Allan Fels and transport expert David Cousins released a report warning that Transurban is robbing Sydney motorists and urging the New South Wales government to take control of the state’s toll roads. Transurban controls 11 of New South Wales’s 13 toll roads, each of which was negotiated under a
Now at @So the RTA's own modelling showed the Rozelle Interchange would be a traffic disaster—but generating more toll road trips for Transurban was more important.
"The [NSW Roads and Traffic Authority] finalised the first business case for the WestConnex tunnel project in June 2013, with the help of road designers from around the world.
"[Paul Forward, a former CEO of the RTA] said the initial concept did not include the Rozelle Interchange.
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"In 2014, an expert review group was formed to assess these plans.
"Mr Forward said it was at this point that TfNSW bureaucrats began to question the connectivity provided by the design.
"The RTA's former director of traffic Chris Ford told the inquiry that 15 alternative designs were modelled.
"Mr Ford said the modelling found that another motorway leading to the Anzac Bridge would cause congestion.
"'The issues that we see today were very clearly established in the modelling in 2014,' he said.
"In November 2015, after Mr Forward and Mr Ford were dismissed, TfNSW updated the WestConnex business case to include the tunnel to the Anzac Bridge, despite the congestion concerns raised by the modelling.
"In 2016, Transport for NSW updated the business case a second time ... creating a tunnel linking the Iron Cove Bridge to the Anzac Bridge."
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"In 2018, the NSW government sold its 51 per cent stake in the Sydney Motorway Corporation, the body responsible for operating WestConnex, to Transurban for $9 billion.
"Mr Forward said the final design would generate a larger number of toll trips than previous options."
@fuck_cars #roads #cars #urbanism #nswpol #sydney #WestConnex #UrbanPlanning #transport
"The New South Wales government needs to take back control of tolls." (#pigsfly)
The report forecast that drivers would pay $195 billion in tolls between now and 2060.
The biggest toll burden is due to #WestConnex, which the report found drivers will pay for "three times over".
#mostTolledCityOnEarth #boganstate #nsw #lnpfail
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/nsw-sydney-tolls-report-cost-drivers/103571256
Sydney motorists will pay $195 billion in tolls for projects that favour private companies over drivers, report finds
An independent review has found that Sydney's tolls are putting the finances of private companies ahead of drivers, who are set to fork out $195 billion over the next 36 years.
Jim WoulfeJust ban cars from the Balmain peninsula. There. I fixed it. #westconnex #rozelleinterchange
Jake CoppingerJust one more lane bro!
TfNSW opened Rozelle Interchange just over a week ago - one of the most complex underground motorway junctions in the world.
You guessed it - it's created new traffic and been front page news since!
The City of Sydney estimated $45B has been spent on the entire (privatised) motorway project known as Westconnex.
Followed all CASA rules (<250gm, visual line of sight, not near people, above empty park).
Better Streets AustraliaThe Rozelle interchange is working exactly as planned, by Christopher Standen (Sydney Morning Herald)
> While much of the damage can’t easily be undone, there is still an opportunity to salvage something from the WestConnex train wreck: transforming Victoria Road from a traffic sewer to a place for people and local businesses.
rollo75http://rollo75.blogspot.com/2023/12/horse-3275-adam-smith-would-have.html - blogged
Adam Smith Would Have Probably Preferred WestConnex Be A Public Road
Jesse"You can't solve congestion, we solved congestion during COVID when nobody was travelling — the question is, whether you have people on high-capacity public transport, on footpaths, on e-scooters...That's the question about what congestion you want, not can you solve it."
#WestConnex #Sydney #CarsRuinCities #JustOneMoreLane
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/nsw-rozelle-interchange-design-experts/103186410
