10,000 Friends is looking for individuals and community organisations who would like to become a Friend of Greater Sydney.
02 May 2010 - Results of discussions at Inner City Forum, (83.00 KB)
The Forum was well attended ans the discussions were lively.
The results indicate a strong need for an integrated land use transport planning strategy and a quantam change in Governance of the state.
22 Apr 2010 - RESULTS OF CITY FORUM 20 April 2010 (172.00 KB)
The interim report prepared by David Brown is attached. We will load the final recommendations up on 28 April
19 Apr 2010 - FROGS REPEATS CALLS FOR SINGLE DECK TRAINS (1.18 MB)
No other city in the world attempts to run their entire metropolitan services with double-deck trains as Sydney does – so either the whole world is wrong or we are.
FROGS is calling for the introduction of modern single-deck metro-style trains on existing tracks. The advantages of single-deck over double-deck are obvious.
02 Dec 2009 - FROGS REVOLUTIONARY NEW RAIL PLAN (509.16 KB)
10000 Friends of Greater Sydney releases Rail plan strategy to take advantage of existing rail infrastructure
For too long, transport plans to reform Sydney’s ailing system have been expensive and impractical. With this mind, The 10,000 Friends of Greater Sydney set itself the challenge of coming up with a plan that the Government could afford and was practical in the short to medium-term.
What we have come up with is a simple idea that has eluded planners for years. The plan is basically this: we will divide the current network into two systems using existing tracks. One track system will operate exclusively as Metro-style while the other will be a double decker system. We will also introduce state-of-the art signalling, which will see more trains per hour and dramatically increase passenger numbers.
Once developed, this plan can be easily added to, and will see rail extensions and new lines to the east, north west, west and south west.
28 Oct 2009 - NTS 2008/2009 ANNUAL REPORT Highlights National Achievements (2.44 MB)
The National Transport Commission (NTC) today released its 2008/2009 Annual Report themed around the "end-to-end" movement of goods and people and highlighting recent achievements in nationala transport policy reform.
23 Sep 2009 - Sustainable Transport in Sustainable Cities (274.21 KB)
This report was published by the Warren Centre and is available from the Warren Centre Office.
07 Sep 2009 - SMH INQUIRY INTO PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN SYDNEY (123.50 KB)
In response to Mr Robert Whitehead's invitation, the 10000 FROGS makes this submission to the SMH into Public Transport in Sydney.
05 Aug 2009 - FREIGHT RAIL PRODUCTIVITY REVIEW FINAL POSITION PAPER (524.22 KB)
Following the recent Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreement to progress national rail safety regulation, the National Transport Commission (NTC) has now outlined an ambitious national reform agenda for rail productivity.
Mr Dimopoulos said the recommendations are consistent with the findings of the intermodal, grain, coal, livestock and meat supply chain reviews completed earlier this year. NTC will work closely with all governments to progress the reform recommendations.
25 Jun 2009 - NW TRANSPORT ENQUIRY GOVERNMENT RESPONSE (134.62 KB)
The Government has responded to the submisssions of the Legislative Council Enquiry into Public Transport in the NW Sector.
Many of FROGS convcerns have been addressed but we will closely monitor results.
22 Jun 2009 - EASTERN SUBURBS FORUM DETAILED REPORT (95.50 KB)
The final tabulation from the FORUM is now complete. FROGS will discuss the issues with relevant authorities and will report any breakthrougs
Keep alert for notice of our Combined FORUM covering the City of Sydney
Once again many thanks to the participants at the FORUM
09 Jun 2009 - FROGS ANNUAL REPORT 2008-9 (1.41 MB)
The FROGS annual report has just been published and is now available on the website
The Audited Financial report will be available after the close of accounts on 30 June 2009
12 May 2009 - Comments on the Draft Centres Policy (56.00 KB)
Specifically the FROGS submission calls for:
* Creation of the real City of Cities for Greater Sydney;
* Transport to drive the City of Cities and offer a real future for movement in and around Sydney;
* Pricing to lead the changes; and
* Changes in governance to achieve all of these.
The Submission discusses the above elements and offers a challenge to Sydney and its Government to create the future we all seek. At the same time the Submission shows how that future can be delivered by a Government prepared to take the greatest initiative for Sydney since 1788.
We also emphasize that the suggestions by the ACC and Urban Task force to allow smaller shopping centre developments should be rejected.
23 Feb 2009 - Submission to Senate Enquiry into PT (33.37 KB)
FROGS has made the following submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport. We hope to be able to present our position at the public hearing.
18 Feb 2009 - SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF SW SYDNEY TRANSPORT FORUM (72.50 KB)
The results of the strategic planning session are now complete and are available on the website.
Planning issues dominated the discussion as well as the overwhelming lack of adequate public transport
FROGS thanks to the 52 contributors to the discussion and we hope you had a productive day.
We will relay the results to the relevant Government Ministers and Heads of Departments in the near future .
16 Feb 2009 - S W Sydney Transport Forum (152.00 KB)
The Forum was very successful and the participation was lively. Ken Dobinson painted the overall transport picture and Bob Meyer presented a brilliant background to SW regional planning.
Ann Turner managed the strategic planning workshop and the summary by David Brown gave us an overview of the day. Many thanks to participants and presenters.
20 Jan 2009 - NW Transport Sector Legislative Enquiry report (28.00 KB)
This report has now beenmade public and if you want a full copy go to parliament.nsw.gov.au website and request a copy
FROGS featured well and some of our recommendations were listened to.
Ken Dobinson presented our case and the whole submission is included in this section of REPORTS
13 Nov 2008 - FROGS BOARD and EXECUTIVE (653.50 KB)
FROGS BOARD and EXECUTIVE
09 Nov 2008 - FROGS REPORT TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (51.50 KB)
Ken Dobinso n accompanied by the CEO attended the enquiry into the NW Sector Transport Issues.
It was very well received and the final report was issued early 2009.
Several of the FROGS recommendations were accepted in their entirety
30 Sep 2008 - Western Sydney Transport Forum (87.50 KB)
The Forum was a great success and was opened by Cr Paul Barber on his last day as Mayor
The results of the Forum are provided in this report
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
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 Castle Hill on Mar 10.
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.Readers should note that this is a discussion paper only and does not represent any detailed projects
New initiatives include Updated Metro and express train and LRT 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
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
14 Mar 2007 - 10000 FRIENDS ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE (47.00 KB)
10000 FRIENDS ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
04 Jul 2006 - Foundation Members Full List (17.63 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.