NSW Greens Transport Policy - Summary

Here is the NSW Greens Policy summary on Transport:

Policy Summary

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Clean, green, safe and affordable

The Greens are committed to affordable, efficient and safe public transport. We need fewer cars on the road and a more extensive public transport system, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, reduce congestion and provide fairer and more equitable access to mobility.

New urban motorways do not reduce congestion: they induce it. They encourage the growth of private vehicle use, and freight on road instead of rail. Motorways generate air pollution.

The Greens oppose all new motorway proposals. Traffic congestion and urban air quality problems can best be reduced by the provision of convenient and efficient public transport and rail freight options.

Most country towns and the outlying areas of the larger cities are suffering from decades of planning that assumes universal car access. The problems of isolation and inequality generated by this flawed approach must be addressed.

The Greens are committed to:

• new public transport projects to reduce private vehicle use, funded by public investment not Public Private Partnerships (PPPs);
• affordable public transport and extending concession fares and integrated ticketing;
• expanding the publicly-owned metropolitan rail system servicing Western Sydney;
• a bus reform funding package to improve servicing of light and heavy rail;
• investment in a mix of heavy rail, light rail and bus services in built-up urban areas;
• no new motorway projects;
• filtration of existing road tunnels and no vehicle emissions from M5 East tunnel portals except in genuine emergencies;
• reopen the Casino – Murwillumbah rail line and finish the Maldon – Dumbarton rail line;
• maintain and expand the CountryLink Rail service;
• increase funding for rail safety and maintenance;
• design all new roads, bridges and upgrades to be safe for bicycles and reallocate road building funds to the construction of a comprehensive bicycle network;
• encourage the shift of freight from road to rail by improvements to the rail system, reopening rail freight branch lines;
• requiring the road haulage industry to pay the true costs of its operations; and
• reducing the consent and planning powers of the RTA.