Cost of Sydney light rail blows out, reporting questioned

Cost reporting for Sydney’s light rail has not been up to scratch, the auditor general says.

11 June, 2020

Roads plan could cost councils $151m in lost grants

A NSW report floats cutting council grants if regional roads are transferred to the state.

11 June, 2020

Public transport collapse may have upside

The head of Transport for NSW has flagged a post-pandemic infrastructure shake up.

30 April, 2020

Making public transport safer for women

An innovation challenge hopes to find ways of making travelling at night safer for women.

9 March, 2020

Outgoing Premier thanked for commitment to local government

Appointments, departures and movement in and around government.

16 January, 2020

NSW trains fail to hit punctuality targets

The NSW rail network will struggle with punctuality if the increase in demand continues.

2 December, 2019

Death of the public transport timetable

Commuters may one day be offered a Netflix-style public transport subscription service.

4 November, 2019

On demand ferry a public transport milestone

Australia’s first on demand ferry is operating in Sydney.

20 October, 2019

NSW Transport uses AI to detect illegal phone use

Transport for NSW is using AI technology to catch motorists who text or talk on their phones.

23 September, 2019

Transport NSW partners with Uber

Transport for NSW has announced a partnership with ride sharing giant Uber.

1 August, 2019

New Sydney train fleet plagued by ‘dangerous’ design flaw

A design flaw on new Sydney trains could place lives at risk, a union says.

29 July, 2019

Excavated light rail artefacts record first contact

A report has revealed the importance of an Aboriginal archaelogical find at the Sydney Light Rail construction site.

1 April, 2019

‘Government gets Ubered all the time’

NSW Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Andrew Constance, is a bit of a conference junky. His latest outing was at Salesforce.com’s annual ‘Dreamforce’ conference in San Francisco, where he had some interesting things to say about the future of transport in his home state. “Government gets Ubered all the time,” he said in his presentation. […]

8 November, 2017

NSW transport ‘hiring freeze’

Millions of dollars will be stripped from the operating budgets of NSW’s government-owned transport agencies, Fairfax Media is reporting. Quoting ‘a briefing note to staff obtained by Fairfax Media’ from Transport for NSW secretary Tim Reardon, the department’s deputy secretaries have been told that operating budgets for all the state’s transport divisions have been cut […]

5 October, 2017