The notion of a Very Fast Train for the Melbourne-Sydney corridor has been shot down by new plans from Airbus to fly Very Large Planes between the two cities, because the entire cost, and risk, is funded by the privately owned airlines and airports.
Transport
Electric bikes are zooming
In the Netherlands today, one in ten new bicycles sold is electric.
Budget countdown: Auslink infrastructure planning fail
Auslink: frequently no appraisal, no cooperation and no planning, and no one ever evaluated anything.
Sydney: can’t plan, can’t build, can’t run
Sydney’s paralysis by power failure late yesterday is a reminder of how stuffed the city’s infrastructure is, writes Ben Sandilands.
Wind-powered car breaks speed recordSydney infrastructure edges closer to breaking point
The signs of infrastructure collapse in Sydney keep coming yet nobody in government seems willing to connect the dots, writes, Ben Sandilands.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Hybrid cars … Nick D’Arcy … Rudd in Japan … the ABC’s saving the planet … Henson … exporting gas …
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Hetty Johnston on Henson … oil, the future, and you … the public service … global warming … Iraq … sponsored sydney buses … ABARE …
Sydneysiders wait as journos board the Fairfax Express
Despite a shortage of buses in Sydney, the beseiged NSW Government has laid on a special 448 bus service to chauffeur the staff of Fairfax Media, writes Ava Hubble.
Tips and rumours
Word has it that the newly created Victorian Government Department of Transport will be merging with VicRoads in the near future
Worried that the Daily Telegraph poll will conclude the 2020 Creative Summiteers are all “out of touch” with the mainstream, they are all now busily emailing each other and their friends urging them to vote […]
NSW pays $10 million to find out the bleeding obvious
The modus operandi of the NSW Labor Government is now well established: when in trouble, create a diversion; when in dire trouble create a front-page fantasy, writes Alex Mitchell.
