Manly BlogSydney's growing population and car dependency
One "way in which Sydney differs from European cities is that it followed American cities and became a car city. We actually ripped out extensive networks of trams and favoured highways and freeways and we're now left with the legacy of toll roads. Implementing active transport was a challenge for a city like Sydney where the environment "is literally cemented in". >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-21/nsw-sydney-population-growth-suburb-2034/104131664
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Sydney will need innovative housing solutions and healthier transport to support its growing population
NSW will have nearly a million more people by 2034 and most of them will be living in Sydney, with no suburbs spared an increase. How the city copes with this uplift in population depends on its ability to use innovative housing and healthier transport, experts say.