| Planning News of the Week |
| RAIL ON THE EDGE: - Radical $30 billion rail plan to bring whole city online Five new train lines, with nearly 80 extra stations - including stops at Fox Studios, Dee Why, Balmain, Hoxton Park and Castlereagh - should be built in the next 40 years to service unprecedented passenger growth, says a confidential report on Sydney's rail needs. · Track to the future vision · The blueprint for a connected city · Chief who delivered the goods · Stand clear, here comes steaming crowd · Town Hall stretched to breaking point · City needs new harbour line, but not for another 20 years: Scully |
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| 20/3/2002 |
| 6/3/2002 |
| Open council idea catches on Participatory democracy is becoming contagious in local government as two more NSW councils launch initiatives to involve residents in the decision-making process. Labor urged to hitch up to the outwardly mobile The "white flight" phenomenon in the United States is being repeated in Sydney as families flee troubled neighbourhoods to an outer arc of suburbs, says Labor's federal spokesman on housing, Mark Latham. |
| 22/5/2002 |
| Bus lanes put the squeeze on cars Traffic-clogged Parramatta Road will become even more congested because the State Government is about to introduce bus-only lanes from the city to Leichhardt - part of its campaign to push people onto public transport. 15/5/2002 Court rules out push for bigger council Lord Mayor Frank Sartor's grand plan for an enlarged Sydney City Council was in shreds last night after the shock ruling that the entire process for drawing up new boundaries was invalid |