Re: Carr road rescue derails train lin

[greg rudd <grudd@mail.usyd.edu.au>]

David Martin wrote:

> It seems to me that the 2 projects are not greatly competitive.
>

It very much is. if you have a look proposed rail route from Calingford through
to Chatswood.  It is not that far away from the M2 especially around the North
Ryde area.

> How many of the people using the Windsor to Parramatta road corridor would
> stop doing so if the Parra - Chats rail link was in place? Very few, I
> think. The 2 projects serve different purposes.

That is true for motorist that fit that scenario.

>
>
> As a Blue Mountains resident, I want to see the rail link built. But it also
> seems to me that the upgrade of Windsor Rd is long overdue.

But we have to be sure that it has the right effect for the region not just as a
tool to funnel more traffic on to the M2 thus increasing urban gridlock, with no
public transport alternative.

>
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> "Greg Rudd" <grudd@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
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> >
> >
> > kingpin1@ozemail.com.au wrote:
> >
> > > 'Twas a dark and stormy night on Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:15:29 +1000 as
> David
> > > Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> took time out from the neverending
> quest to
> > > rid the world of grues and wrote:
> > >
> > > > The Carr Government's big fix for Sydney's rail system is all but
> > > > abandoned, with no money or timetable to build the vaunted
> > > > Parramatta-Chatswood link. Instead, the Premier has promised to
> replace
> > > > by 2006 the overcrowded Windsor Road with a four-lane highway "all the
> > > > way to Windsor", at a cost of $323 million.
> > >
> > > Very predictable.
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > I wonder has any one caught on that with the additonal two lanes and new
> alignment
> > on Windsor Rd will probably have the effect of channeling more traffic
> onto the M2
> > tollway which will no doubt please everyone in 2WS land and also the share
> holders
> > in the tollway which after all belong to the electorate that really
> matters i.e the
> > financial markets. With the net effect of this short-term decision is that
> more
> > people will drive instead of using public transport, increased C02
> emmisions and
> > increased traffic gridlock around the Lane Cove area.  While the rail link
> would be
> > competition to the tollway. For the $323m spent on the Richmond-Blacktown
> railway
> > would probably buy you a dual track line all the way to Richmond. and may
> be a
> > branchline to Kellyville.
> >
> > Any other thoughts on this?
> >
> > -greg
> >

> >