http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2010/05/20/sydney-looks-at-closing-downtown-streets-to-traffic-considers-light-rail-expansion/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:43:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2010/05/20/sydney-looks-at-closing-downtown-streets-to-traffic-considers-light-rail-expansion/#comment-45049 Matt Fisher Fri, 21 May 2010 21:38:59 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=7081#comment-45049 The light rail expansion, I actually believe, would be more effective than that CBD Metro proposal. I'm not against a metro in the full sense, but the current project is not well conceived. And an LRT extension to Dulwich Hill wouldn't be that hard. Too bad Sydney axed ALL of its trams quickly by 1958, but then again, some Australian cities (i.e. Melbourne) appear to be better than some American and Canadian cities. Brisbane even kept the trams running until more than 40 years ago. The light rail expansion, I actually believe, would be more effective than that CBD Metro proposal. I’m not against a metro in the full sense, but the current project is not well conceived. And an LRT extension to Dulwich Hill wouldn’t be that hard. Too bad Sydney axed ALL of its trams quickly by 1958, but then again, some Australian cities (i.e. Melbourne) appear to be better than some American and Canadian cities. Brisbane even kept the trams running until more than 40 years ago.

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