Transport

Premier's bike love affair stops at funding

Greens MP and transport spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on Premier Kristina Keneally to boost spending on bicycle infrastructure to five per cent of the road's budget and to ensure this money is allocated across the state, not just in Sydney.

State Greens call for Newcastle rail reassurance

The weekend state meeting of the NSW Greens in Newcastle has called on the NSW Government to reassure the Hunter community that it will maintain and improve existing rail services to Newcastle station, and not succumb to vested interests lobbying to remove the city’s vital public transport infrastructure.

Sydney fails again on air quality: public transport key

Greens MP and health spokesperson Lee Rhiannon says the government will continue to miss targets set to reduce dangerous ozone levels in Sydney unless the State and Federal governments invest in quality public transport services to get Sydneysiders out of their cars (page 2, SMH today).

Campbell should move on Central West branch lines report

Greens MP and public transport spokesperson has called on Transport Minister David Campbell to direct funding to ensure five branch lines in the Central West remain operational, as recommended by a report presented by five Western NSW councils to the Minister today.

NSW Metro Transport plan can't save dysfunctional Kenneally government

Premier Kristina Kenneally's transport announcement will do little to restore confidence in the NSW government as Labor has had a decade of failed public transport plans Greens MP Lee Rhiannon and Leichhardt Mayor Jamie Parker said today.