cross-posted from: https://aus.social/users/ajsadauskas/statuses/111889839858310804

See, here’s why I think the Parramatta light rail should be extended from Sydney Olympic Park to Strathfield.

See, here’s why I think the Parramatta light rail should be extended from Sydney Olympic Park to Strathfield.

It’s not just that it would allow it to connect directly to many of the train lines serving the western and northern suburbs, including the T1, T2, T3, and T9. Or intercity trains to the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, and Newcastle.

It’s not just that Strathfield is a major bus hub with many services across western suburb.

It’s not just that DFO Homebush (between Strathfield and Olympic Park) is a busy shopping centre that generates a lot of traffic.

No, the big reason I say it’s a good idea is because these photos were taken on the 526 bus, between Strathfield and Olympic Park, on a Sunday afternoon.

#bus #tram #LightRail #nsw #nswpol #planning #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #transport #transit #MassTransit @urbanism

  • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    I always think of the quote in ‘Geoffrey Moorhouse Sydney: The Story of a City’ when he talks about the western suburbs. ‘Things can get pretty bleak out here’.

    And of course ‘I harbored a particular Melburnian distrust for that vulgar, crooked, convict town’. Peter Carey

  • No1
    4·
    5 months ago

    Boo hoo poor Parramatta.They only have nearly every train line, and a billion bus routes.

    Further out of the city, the young people are gonna have to take on multi-generational debt for a dog box. And public transport is something they have to drive 30 minutes to, then catch two buses which connect 3 out of 10 times to get to a train that may or may not show up