Action for Public Transport (NSW) Inc.

P O Box K606, Haymarket 1240

Report to members - year ended 30 September 2019

In the period from October 2018 to 30 September 2019, APTNSW took every opportunity to bring attention to the benefits of better public transport for the residents of NSW.

Campaigning

We continued to lend our support to the many groups pointing out the folly of continued spending on urban motorways like Westconnex. We took the opportunity offered by the Federal Election for the seat of Warringah to campaign for a rail connection to the northern beaches instead of the proposed Beaches Link Tollway. We lodged this display advertisement in the Manly Daily issue dated 8 May 2019.

Submissions

We were also kept very busy responding to calls for submissions on a variety of transport and land use planning proposals:

Our submission on the Western Sydney Aerotropolis Stage 1 Land Use and Infrastructure Implementation Plan can be seen here.
Action for Public Transport's submission on the EIS for the Stage 1 New M5 Arncliffe to President Avenue Kogarah EIS dated October 2018 can be seen here.
Our submission on the NSW Government draft older persons transport and mobility document can be seen here.
Our submission on North Sydney Council's plan, which could see all buses diverted from part of Miller St, can be read here.
Our submission on the Greater Macarthur 2040 Interim Plan (November 2018) can be read here.
Our submission to the ATAP (Australian Transport Assessment and Planning) Steering Committee of the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development on the economic appraisal of public transport services can be seen here.
Our submission on the proposed modification of the Westconnex approval to allow the construction of an elevated road at the expense of an approved "Green Link" can be seen here.
Our submission on the ATAP draft document O5 - Economic Appraisal in setting standards can be read here.
Our submission on the ATAP draft document O6 - Alternative Options to Large Capital Investments can be read here.
Our submission on the ATAP draft document Cost-benefit Analysis of Transport Regulatory Initiatives can be read here.

In the pipeline

The Federal House of Representatives' Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport and Cities is conducting an Inquiry into options for financing faster rail. The committee invites interested persons and organisations to make submissions addressing the terms of reference, to be received by Friday, 6 December 2019.

We expect considerable interest in the Inquiry in the coming year. This Inquiry follows on from the Committee's earlier Inquiries into the Australian Government's role in the development of cities and the role of transport connectivity in stimulating development and economic activity. The Committee's reports can be seen at:

APTNSW's submission to the Committee's Inquiry into the Australian Government's role in the development of cities can be accessed here where it is numbered 76.
Our submission on the Committee's Inquiry into the role of transport connectivity in stimulating development and economic activity can be accessed here where it is submission No 60.