"While it could be that some non-CBD workers would switch from driving to taking the train if a faster commuter service was available, it’s not likely that many would," the report found.
NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance said the government’s approach of incremental change over the longer term was a "far more realistic and beneficial outcome than trying to deliver high-speed rail in one go". While bullet trains would emit less pollution than planes once operational, the report says construction would result in high emissions and would take nearly 50 years to complete. A bullet train project would cost well over $130 billion, which the report calculates would require a tax hike of about $10,000 for every personal taxpayer.
Mattonews What a negative headline. Climate change will kill off wild life in a jiffy, so it'll be just the cows that'll have to be fenced in. Bring on the VFT, (I can't remember what it stands for) but start laying the tracks, we'll have trains running to uninhabitable towns in no time.
Mattonews Silly 'analysis' by GrattanInst . For once, AustralianLabor policy, though easy to mouth in Opposition and harder to do in govt, is good. 14m people in MEL-CBR-SYD-NTL-OOL-BNE corridor so we need highspeedrail HSRail . Far better than Qantas JetstarAirways . auspol
Mattonews It would be better and cheaper to attract companies and quality jobs to Wollongong, Newcastle and Gosford. Maybe economic zones could be established. These cities should not become the outer suburbs of Sydney.
Mattonews Let them drive which is famous for being not costly to anyone especially the environment I wonder if the endowment supporters include any companies that would benefit from the status quo
Mattonews fast train would be a monster blunder for d bush as there is no demand The cost would be billions They'd be economic for Melb Canb Syd But we have 2 airlines so we cant have new airport + fast train Our debt'd be like Venezuela
Mattonews If only other economic basket cases like Germany, France, China and Japan hadn't invested heavily in high speed rail. They'd be really successful then, wouldn't they? Jeez. Who are the eejuts that come up with these reports? Talk about mixing up cause and effect ...
Mattonews As a Brit who has done these trips, never mind anything else, you absolutely need high speed rail between Sydney and Canberra and Sydney and Melbourne.
Mattonews Here we go again......for the millionth time, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, get it through your thick heads. 🤦♂️
Mattonews 👏👏 GrattanInst: Bullet trains have been pushed politically for decades as visionary. Yet our suburbs - particularly Western Sydney, still suffer congestion, poor connection and lack of jobs. And that’s where many more people live. Fix this first and impact many lives
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