Technical Note GENERATING SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT -THE SYDNEY EXPERIENCE

摘要

Cities in both the developed and developing world are struggling to make their urban transport more sustainable. After decades of growing car dominance, public transport, walking and cycling are making a comeback. But building a more sustainable city means gaining political agreement on the best ways forward, and on how these can be financed and managed. Sydney has seen an interesting example of community action in this area, with the Sydney Morning Herald sponsoring an Independent Public Inquiry into a Long Term Plan for Sydney's Public Transport. This non-government inquiry sought to raise awareness of the options and potential solutions, including alternative land use-transport futures, integration of the city's public transport system, new funding regimes and new governance arrangements which would re-write the balance between the politicians and the managers of the system. The experiment has demonstrated how these issues need to be tackled for lasting reform to occur and for the shift to more sustainable futures to be successful.