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Emergency Public Transport Planning – Submission to the Inquiry of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald is conducting an inquiry into public transport in Sydney.
http://www.transportpublicinquiry.com.au/

This is the summary of my submission:

The 1st phase of peak oil, which started in 2005 at around 74 mb/d and which triggered the GFC in the 2008 oil crunch, has resulted in a demand destruction of 5 mb/d in OECD countries. We [...]

Sydney doesn’t need a 2nd airport

We read in the Sydney Morning Herald (23/11/2009)
New airport set for take off

THE Rudd Government is expected to pave the way for the Richmond air force base to be opened up to commercial airline traffic when it releases its long-awaited aviation white paper next month.

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/new-airport-set-for-takeoff-20091122-isv8.html

and in the Hansard:

Mr RUDD—Let us just say to those [...]

Too late for Sydney Metro Tunnels

In response to a call for comments on the proposed CBD Metro in Sydney

http://www.sydneymetro.nsw.gov.au/

I wrote a submission entitled “Too late for metro tunnels” showing the timelines for an estimated WA crude oil production and construction activities.

The submission can be downloaded here:

CBD Metro [7.85 MB]

These are the recommendations:

1 The government (Parliamentarians, top civil servants) need to attend [...]

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. Here is my report and letter to the NSW government:

Pacific Highway Upgrade vs XPT Sydney – Brisbane [2.8 MB]

   << Yes, what you see here is the main [...]

Electric rail crash program: jobs for public transport

New business model for toll-ways after peak oil: rail on freeways. Transperth solution:

http://www.webace.com.au/~chook/trains/other/transperth457.jpg

Read more….

http://www.aph.gov.au/SENATE/committee/rrat_ctte/public_transport/submissions/sub48_amalg.pdf