sydney-city-centre-review-of-environmental-factors

Entry location Trains Buses Cars Ferries
Wentworth Park/Bridge Road 450 - 1,500 -
Anzac Bridge - 2,800 8,700 -
Total
97,650 35,700 47,400 4,000
53% 19% 26% 2%
The Access Strategy promotes greater public transport use. It anticipates that despite
the predicted increase in the number of people coming into Sydney in the future, the
majority of these trips would be serviced by a public transport hierarchy where:
Rail would remain the dominant travel mode
Light rail would introduce new public transport options and accommodate a
large proportion of the growth in demand, as delivered under the CSELR
Bus routes would be redesigned, with fewer buses operating more efficiently,
as delivered under the Sydney City Centre Bus Infrastructure project
Integrated timetabling and a new ferry hub at Barangaroo would increase ferry
accessibility
Walking and cycling would continue to perform a major role in facilitating travel
to, from, and within the city centre, supplemented by additional cycleway
provisions delivered under the Sydney City Centre Cycleway projects and the
partial pedestrianisation of George Street delivered under the CSLER
Pedestrians would still create the vast majority of trips made within the city
centre on a daily basis.
By increasing public transport availability, capacity, and efficiency, overall traffic
volumes are expected to remain relatively constant, with the growth in the number of
trips made into the city in the future accommodated by public transport.
Competing demands on the available ‘street space’
Pedestrians and cyclists
An estimated 92 per cent of the 1.27 million trips made around the city centre during
the working day are on foot. Nearly half of these (46 per cent) are less than
500 metres and 80 per cent are less than one kilometre. Pedestrians compete for the
available street space. They often experience relatively long delays at signal
controlled intersections when compared to road traffic as a result of timing and
phasing allocations that prioritise traffic movement (Transport for NSW, 2013).
Cyclist numbers are also increasing. About 11,000 people cycle into the city during
morning peak period each working day, whilst 50,000 trips are made within the city.
This is 50 per cent higher than just two years previously. On this basis ‘significant
future growth is anticipated’ (Transport for NSW, 2013), which, as mentioned
previously, is being supported by the implementation of additional cycle
infrastructure.
Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 171
Review of Environmental Factors