Sydney Commuters Dissatisfied With Public Transport (ABC News)

The Greens are campaigning in NSW parliament for high-quality, accessible and affordable public transport across the state.

We have opposed legislation that sells land needed for new transport infrastructure and have called for increased investment in the state’s public transport networks.

Jamie Parker opposed the CBD metro, instead backing expanded light rail and cheaper, more effective CityRail extensions to north-west and south-west Sydney.

Sydney bus and train commuters say overcrowding is still their main public transport concern.

Customer satisfaction surveys for 2010 reveal bus and train passengers rank overcrowding as their number one issue.

Despite efforts by the New South Wales Government to ease the problem, commuters say little has changed over the past 12 months.

One third of bus commuters were left standing at their stop at least once a week because the bus was either too full, did not stop or skipped the run.

read more at ABC News Online: Buses, trains still crowded: commuters

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FERRIES AT ANNANDALE AND WEST BALMAIN

Imagine hopping on a ferry at Annandale or West Balmain and being in the heart of the city within minutes.

In 2020, we won the campaign for a Glebe ferry. Now, we have the opportunity to connect more of our area to the ferry network. New ferries at Annandale and West Balmain will provide a faster, smarter route into the city without adding to the traffic on our roads.

Both Labor and the Liberals want to build more polluting and destructive tollways across Sydney. But we have costed a comprehensive plan for a world-class public transport system that makes getting around our city fast and easy.

Dear Transport Minister,

New inner west ferry services would provide efficient, fast and environmentally sound travel to and from the area for workers, tourists, students, pensioners and the general public.

I therefore ask that the Government build on the success of the Blackwattle Bay ferry and establish a ferry service at Rozelle Bay for the Annandale area and reinstate the ferry at West Balmain.

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