Action for Public Transport (N.S.W.) Inc.

Action for Public Transport (NSW) is a transport advocacy group active in Sydney since 1974. We promote the interests of beneficiaries of public transport - both of passengers and the wider community. We make this submission on the Stage 2 Public Domain Strategy documents.

We refer to our earlier submission on this project dated 8 February 2019. Despite that submission, no detailed bus diversion plan appears in any document we have seen. We can only emphasise the importance of public transport to North Sydney's business district. A public transport plan should be prepared immediately and exhibited for comment. Bus stops should be in front of attractions, not blank walls. A convenient example of a good bus interchange is the Herring Rd face of Macquarie Centre.

A useful illustration is to contrast North Sydney with central Parramatta around the railway station which is crowded with people well beyond Mon-Fri 9-5. Meanwhile, North Sydney is quiet outside those hours and is deserted on Sundays. This is because the vast majority of people in North Sydney are there for work alone. As noted in our earlier submission, facilities around the railway station were removed in the 2006 station "upgrade" and little has changed since except perhaps that the Greenwood IGA now opens on Sundays. We would like to see Council persuade Greenwood and its tenants to open more stores after hours.

We repeat that facilities should be provided on the Warringah Expressway for B-line services to stop somewhere near Mount St.