The city Sydney is facing a major crisis in transport. Sydney residents make over 15.9 million trips per day and these are rising at an annual rate of 1.2%. Sydney is expecting to grow to an extra 1.4 million people in the next 25 years. It is essential to improve public transport service in metro Sydney.

1. Transport can be described broadly as the movement of goods and people from an origin to a destination. It is one of the most fundamental aspects of an advanced economy, as it provides a window to the wider world. (ABS, 2009) By David Baker and Thea Roberts Sydney Transport

4. “ In 2006, Sydney residents travelled a total of 150.3 million kilometres on an average weekday” that’s equivalent to going around the world just under 4 thousand times. (Ministry of Transport, 2006)

5. “ The average travel time for trips for work purposes as been rising gradually from 2002 (31 minutes) to 2006 (34 minutes). The average trip duration for non-work purposes (18 minutes) has been stable. Total average travel time is slightly up (80 minutes per day). ” (Ministry of Transport, 2006) that means the average Sydney person spends just under 6 days every year travelling to and from work or nearly 10 months in their working life

6. “ Journey’s to work comprise 16% of all travel in Sydney.” (Metro Metrics, p44, 2006)

7. “ In 2006, Sydney residents made 15.9 million trips each weekday, a growth of about 200,000 trips. This represents a 1.2% increase from the previous year.” (Ministry of Transport, 2006)

8. “… our services do not link enough people with where they work, and they are in disrepair from years of under-investment by various governments. ” (Metro Metrics, p42, 2006) “ B y far the biggest driver of our transport problems is the fact that our patterns of where we live, work, learn, shop and play have not been matched by changes in transport infrastructure or services. ”

9. “ While the number of people travelling has not increased markedly, the amount of travel they engage in continues to grow. ” (Metro Metrics, p45, 2006)

10. “ A large percentage of Sydney core metropolititan residents (35-40%) live within walking distance of 800 metres from major transport systems (bus, ferry or rail). This is more then any North American major city, but proximity does not translate into use…much of our public transport does not take people where they want to go.” (Metro Metrics, p46, 2006)

11. “ A public-private partnership would be the only way to deliver the rail services needed to meet population growth of 1.4 million in the next 25 years. "We have to do it now because those people are coming.”” (Munro and Besser, L, 2007)

12. “ Satisfaction with public transport continues to decline. Our public transport dilemma reflects continued deterioration, with reduced confidence leading to reduced usage.”

13. Rail “The New South Wales rail network is one of the world's most complex. It involves the operation of approximately 2,300 services to carry over 900,000 passengers to and from 302 stations daily.” (City Rail, 2009)

14. “ Unfortunately for Mr Costa and Treasury, rapidly escalating oil prices are causing demand for public transport to rise strongly. In the 12 months to September 2007, there were 10 million additional passenger trips on City Rail” (Mason, 2008) http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/over-the-hills-in-overcrowded-buses/2008/06/29/1214677850264.html

15. “ Between January 2002 and September 2005 there were 529 safety incidents at Town Hall, including three where people fell from the platform because of overcrowding. Emergency escapes were inadequate; stairs, escalators and platforms were highly congested; air flow was poor; smoke extraction systems were non-existent; and, crucially, there was "no capacity to accommodate projected future growth". http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/transport-meltdown/2007/03/14/1173722560423.html

16. “ At least $225 million would need to be spent on 450 new buses, and rail would have to absorb 36,000 more passengers in the morning peak, "or the equivalent of about 45 more trains per peak period."

17. “ Together with the $2.2 billion Epping to Chatswood link, and $4.6 billion worth of rail capacity upgrades promised in last year's State Plan, the Government - until yesterday - had pledged to invest almost $15 billion in Sydney's heavy-rail network.” (Besser, b. 2008)

18. Cars Australian cars covered 209 billion kilometres in 12 months between October 2005 and 2006, an increase of 3 billion from the previous year. That’s 5 250 000 laps of the earth’s circumference. (ABS, 2009)

21. A day in the life of Thea Experiment calculating the cost of travel from home to work and back Two methods – car – public transport

22. Toll’s $4.00 Fuel $3.60 $7.60 $15.20 Wage in travel $21.60 Total $36.80 Car

23. - $2.30 - $1.90 - $9.90 Public transport 2 way total $28.20 Wage in travel $66 Total $94.20

26. Metro strategy cont. • Sydney's major centres will have improved transport links with fast, safe and reliable train services and a network of strategic bus corridors connecting the centres across the city.