Sydney Crossrail by Modern Bradfield

Unfortunately I don't yet know how to turn down the brightness of the underlying map. These 2 images show #Crossrail (green) from Glebe Island (adjacent to Sydney's new #HSR station), Airport Tunnel diversion to become #RiverMetro (purple) + EasternCityLoopLine (pink). More later

@Sydney_Stations Induced demand vs latent demand - From what I've seen over the years, induced demand is ill-defined and mostly used politically. I also am sceptical of the idea of grand planners moulding their underlings. And m/s economists are dull, but real economists are much more fun.

I think the concept of induced demand gets so much resistance because planners (people with soul and passion, building communities and making the world better) don't like to be compared to economists (boring suits with boring spreadsheets, concerned with profit and not people)

I think of this every time another round of "consultation" is proposed, to the point that I'm actually sceptical about many processes for community input because basically every consultation process is hijacked by a few loud people with that inestimable luxury, time

@SpeareApp It would be really great to be able to start a list without having to open the context menu. Maybe I'm missing something?

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In response to the recent #M6 announcement - a waste-of-money vanity project to funnel $toll into #westconnex - I spent 45 minutes yest. arvo drawing up a north-south main road connector/distributor for freight and other dispersed vehicle trips in #Sydney. google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi…

@Sydney_Stations The Macquarie Line.

If you could give a name to the first Sydney Metro line (Tallawong to Bankstown) what would it be? Just like how the lines in the London Underground all have names.

Agreed. A missed opportunity. Hopefully the proposal can come back just as good or even better.

@Alexsg200 I would love to run a campaign to have this “strategically pivoted” in its design and function, or have it canned. I think it’s that much a waste of $resources. The fact there’s no provision for it to stop between Olympic Park and Parramatta one day is difficult to comprehend.

In my first Strategic Matters post in over a year, I take a look at the recent Sydney Metro West CBD and Pyrmont station announcements thestrategicweek.com/2021/07/04/syd…

Nowra to Central in 2h 31m. Not bad eh. Using the Coal Coast rail bypass and the Sutherland - Hurstville Tunnels (bridge across Woronora River adjacent to the existing rail bridge, diving into tunnels between Jannali and Como and Oatley and Hurstville. 180.6 km route, 36 stops.

#Syber update Saturday, 5 June 2021. Have reached Nowra (bridge from Bomaderry over the river to Nowra town centre). The Illawarra sub-network of Syber terminates there. I've also extended the CC1 line to Macarthur, and have starting sketching out the new #Wilton #CityCentre.

@jrobens Yeah. It's expensive to cross the Shoalhaven River and given the line hasn't been electrified to Bomaderry, it's snuggly in the basket labelled too hard, too little gain, not a priority. Meh. It's a low priority for me as well tbh. There's bigger fish to fry first.

@SydneyWorks About time the rail got to Nowra

Thanks to “Acceleration @ForDummies”, I can calculamate my journey time schema. And then use a handy tool online to check it’s all working out. Good news; it is. #Syber

Aaand my updated #Syber network map, current 5 June 2021. I've extended Line XR1 from #Bradfield, part of the #Aerotropolis to #Wilton #CityCentre. I've also started re-vamping my ancient journey time sheets.

#SYBER update, Friday 4 May 2021: Extended the Illawarra Sector as far as Shellharbour. New station at University of Wollongong. Expensive - long term kinda thing. #NIMBYrails

And yes, I realise I forgot to rename the auto-filled 'Old Helensburgh Station' with just 'Helensburgh'. Corrected that now.

#SYBER Update Monday night, 24 May 2021. Illawarra Coal Coast Rail Bypass complete, as is drawing out the existing squiggly Illawarra Line between Waterfall and Thirroul - meaning I've got my first line extending out beyond the Sydney Basin. Paid far too much attention to detail.

And a reminder of what I'm currently aiming for (approximately anyway).

#SyberSystem Progress Friday night, 21 May 2021:

#SyberSystem Progress update, Friday arvo, 21 May 2021:

The 'Trunk' or 'Core' of the City Circle subnetwork is Strathfield - City Circle - Wolli Creek. CC Line 2 (CC2) runs Strathfield - Hornsby all stops, and Wolli Creek - Glenfield all stops. CC Line 1 (CC1) runs to St Marys all stops and Limited Stops to Macarthur.

Progress update, Saturday night 15 May 2021: Have reached Glenfield in the southwest which means Line CC2 is complete. CC2 means: 'CC' - City Circle (the core/trunk of the subnetwork); '2' - Line 2. CC2 runs from Hornsby to Glenfield via the City Circle. -->