10,000 Friends is looking for individuals and community organisations who would like to become a Friend of Greater Sydney.
29 Aug 2008 - AUSTRALASIAN RAIL ASSOCIATION DINNER ADDRESS (36.00 KB)
AUSTRALASIAN RAIL ASSOCIATION DINNER
AS20/2008
27 August 2008
THE LOBBY - CANBERRA
Minister Albanese introduced by Bryan Nye, CEO
28 Aug 2008 - NORTH WEST METRO (964.42 KB)
Three Frogs directors and the CEO attended the N W Metro Forum arranged by the \NSW Government
The full proceeedings are attached
24 Jul 2008 - FROGS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2008 (342.63 KB)
FROGS has released the final annual report in time for the AAGM to be held on 30 July
10 Jul 2008 - NORTHERN BEACHES TRANSPORT FORUM (146.00 KB)
A very successful forum was held on July 7 attended by over 60 people at the Dee Why RSL. The meeting took the form of a workshop where all members were asked to contribute.
A power point presentation prepared by David Brown of Driven Media (with some minor additions) is now attached
10 Jul 2008 - FUTURE CITY TRANSPORT SUMMIT 2008 (1.68 MB)
Application form
10 Jul 2008 - NORTHERN BEACHES TRANSPORT FORUM RESULTS (84.50 KB)
The results in a summarised format are shown in the attached spreadsheet
The areas investigated include the ISSUES, OPTIONS and CONSTRAINTS
09 May 2008 - Metro throws Sydney's big plan on its head SMH Article (35.50 KB)
Metro throws Sydney's big plan on its head-
11 Apr 2008 - FROGS SUBMISSION TO GARNAUT REVIEW (41.00 KB)
FROGS has made a submission to the Garnut Review
11 Apr 2008 - FROGS SUBMISSION TO RUDD 2020 REVIEW (52.50 KB)
10,000 Friends of Greater Sydney (FROGS) makes this submission based on findings from the Sustainable Transport in Sustainable Cities project undertaken by the Warren Centre at Sydney University in which members of FROGS were involved and which FROGS has the carriage off to fruition; and subsequent work by FROGS in pursuit of that task. The reports are an integral part of the submission.
08 Apr 2008 - Towards a Sustainable NSW Central Coast Region (970.11 KB)
This is a new Brochure produced in conjunction with the NSW Business Chamber Central Coast, FROGS and Andrews.Neil
It shows the way ahead for a sustainable Central Coast
17 Mar 2008 - ISSUES RAISED AT NORTH WEST TRANSPORT FORUM (52.50 KB)
These were the issues raised at the Forum at Castla Hill on Mar 10.
11 Mar 2008 - Results of North West Sydney Forum on Mar 10 (35.00 KB)
10000FRIENDS OF GREATER SYDNEY
The meeting at Castle Hill was a great success attended by 60 people including Members of Parliament and Local Councils, FROGS Directors, Members, Friends and supporters.
The meeting was chaired by Professor Michael Dureau and the welcoming remarks were made by the Baulkham Hills Shire Council Mayor Sonya Phillips. Important points emphasized were :-
- The NW Rail link needs all the support it can get from FROGS but it appears to have slipped to 2015/17
- Inequitable Road Tolls for NW residents, ie very different charges per vehicle – km on different toll roads
- Need for upgrade of Showground Road with offers of finance from Council
- Other local roads in dire need of work
- Review the second Hawkesbury crossing and divert traffic away from Pennant Hills Rd
- There are 2.7 cars per household in the region and only 4% use public transport to work because there are no other options
Ken Dobinson a FROGS director provided a profile of FROGS and its genesis in the Warren Centre. Other points were:
- Travel is increasing faster than population growth and funding is not following the travel demand
- The importance of Land use planning as transport is a derived demand
Bob Meyer of Cox Richardson gave us a wonderful trip through history to understand why we are in the current situation. His points were:
- It took 28 years from land acquisition to the final development at Rouse Hill Centre which opened last week
- The population of the NW region will grow to 700,000 by 2051
- The Greater Western Sydney sees the centre as Parramatta but attempts to enshrine this have been on and off
- He spoke of the Crescent of High Tech Industries from the CBD through North Sydney, Chatswood to Ryde
- That Macquarie park could grow to become the Silicon Valley of Australia.
Chris Stapleton from Chris Stapleton Consulting described his plan for a bus Metro Web to service inter and intra regional travel needs using existing resources
His points included:
- MetroWeb bus network providing connectivity
- Metrorail network within a 15km radius of the CBD providing high frequency service
- Travel data on intra and inter regional travel and links to the CBD
WORKSHOP SESSION
A workshop session was facilitated by Ann Turner of Ann Turner Consultants Pty Ltd dividing the 63 participants into 7 groups and leaders appointed.
Groups were asked to list the three major issues they had, the constraints and the short ,medium and long term options.
A detailed report on the workshop will be provided, but in summary the local views were:-
- Under provision of infrastructure funding to the NW sector
- Poor planning and lack of delivery of infrastructure in NSW
- Need better coordination of Land Use Planning, Land Release and Transport Planning
- One Olympic style transport controlling and coordinating body for Sydney
- Inequitable tolls across Sydney region need to fixed
- Lack of integrated fare structure across Sydney
- A disconnect in the planning and delivery of services to developments
- A need for major reform of the NSW Public Service to dismantle the silos
- Need for NW rail link
In closing the Forum, the newly appointed FROGS AMBASSADOR on the Central Coast Mary Doherty of the NSW Business Chamber gave an inspiring address on the need for groups to combine to have a louder voice and the need to improve PR activities of FROGS.
She also indicated that the NW has no real media traction and we all need to combine to make the impact more meaningful.
Professor Michael Dureau closed the Forum, thanked the participants and reminded the audience that FROGS also works for a better overall environmental outcomes for Sydney in the Water, Energy and Biodiversity areas as well as Transport.
15 Dec 2007 - Release of SITS 2 (5.00 MB)
The update of SITS (named SITS2 ) has been released . We hope this will encourage even more debate on Sydney Transport Issues
New initiatives include Updated Metro and express train plans
Land use issues and Freight line separation
High Speed Rail Wollongong/Sydney/Gosford as part of a Brisbane/Sydney/Melbourne System.
Reports on the Regional Forums
23 Aug 2007 - Buchanan Report (1.06 MB)
Newspaper Article on Outlying Car Users Pinpointed
27 Jul 2007 - Central Coast Transport Forum (1.71 MB)
One method of transport which was discussed at the forum was Noel Child and Bruce Judd's discussion paper on high speed trains. This report presented a summary of the potential benefits of High Speed Train and Very High Speed Train technology. The report recommends a high speed train regional corridor between Newcastle, Wollongong and Newcastle initially, which may be followed by eventual extensions along the east coast to Brisbane and Melbourne and beyond to form a national rail network. Travel times on the existing rail system between the Central Coast and Sydney is about 1 hour 20 minutes. The report favours a Maglev VHST which could reduce travel times to 30-45 minutes (express - multistop).
18 Jun 2007 - PHOTO OF BOARD ON CILT AWARDS NIGHT (56.95 KB)
Members of FROGS Board at the Awards night of the Chartered Institute of Transport celebrating the win by Chris Stapleton (Centre)
L-R Ken Dobinson, Wayne Costin, Ann Turner,Chris Stapleton,Morris Caputi, Hilary Wise, Des Dent
08 Jun 2007 - Melbourne – Brisbane Corridor Strategy (32.00 KB)
Response by 10000 Friends to DOTARS Melbourne – Brisbane Corridor Strategy
15 May 2007 - Australian Government Review of the F3 to M7 Corridor Selection (86.50 KB)
10000Friends response to Australian Government Review of the F3 to M7 Corridor Selection
07 Apr 2007 - Sydney - Hunter Transport Connection (443.36 KB)
Linking of the Sydney Regions with the Central Coast and Hunter Regions must be considered in the broader context of overall transport and network planning
14 Mar 2007 - 10000 FRIENDS ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE (47.00 KB)
10000 FRIENDS ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
02 Mar 2007 - The Sydney Integrated Transport Strategy (1.68 MB)
The Sydney Integrated Transport Strategy
07 Sep 2006 - Impact of Peak Oil on Transport (48.00 KB)
Whilst the world is in no danger of running out of oil soon, it is generally accepted that we are close to the peak of oil production. Transport is one sector that will be significantly affected by changes brought about by peak oil. Experts discussed this issue Financial, Transport Engineering, Economic and Environmental perspectives.
04 Jul 2006 - Foundation Members Full List (17.63 KB)
30 Jun 2006 - Application Form for Members 2006/07 (41.00 KB)
09 May 2006 - Measuring UP Full Report (246.45 KB)
01 Jan 2006 - Constitution 10,000 Friends of Greater Sydney Limited (120.24 KB)
Constitution of company
04 Mar 2005 - Spit Bridge Widening submission (180.24 KB)
A properly planned proposal for the Spit Bridge integrated with future improvements for access along that route is an opportunity to improve access to the Waringah Region.
Images courtesy of Integral Energy, Sinclair Knight Merz, Camden Council, John Holland Group, Creative HQ, Julie Nimmo and Sutherland Shire Council.