Transport
The Greens support increased 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 transport access.
Since 1999 Lee Rhiannon has campaigned on many transport issues both in Sydney and in rural and regional NSW. At the heart of every Greens transport campaign is the desire to build more publicly owned mass transport infrastructure, to increase the percentage of the population travelling by public transport instead of using private vehicles, getting more freight off the roads and onto rail, and reducing our state's transport based greenhouse gas emissions.
Key Greens NSW transport policy strategies
- Peak Oil Response Plan
- A fairer deal for Western Sydney
- Invest in Light Rail
- Increasing accessibility to public transport
Rail campaigns
- Restore City Rail
- Save CountryLink
- Save Rural Rail
- Fix Branch Lines
- Freight Rail
- Maldon-Dombarton Line
- Newcastle Rail
- Parramatta Rail Link
- Build the North West Sydney Rail line
See Lee's archived Transport portfolio media releases prior to 2009.
Latest news:
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M4 East and M5 duplication flawed transport priorities
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Jul 15, 2010 08:54 AM
- Greens MP and transport spokesperson Lee Rhiannon, who forced the release of secret documents show an unannounced NSW budget allocation of $364 million to the M4 East, says the government's commitment to the M4 East and M5 duplication is bad news for traffic congestion and will hurt the government's election chances in Sydney's Inner West
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NSW govt warned on speeding truck fatalities – fails to act
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Alison Orme
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Jul 12, 2010 08:29 AM
- Commenting on today’s report that heavy vehicles are over-represented in fatal crashes, Greens MP and transport spokesperson Lee Rhiannon said the NSW government’s failure to act on key Auditor General recommendations on improving road safety was putting lives at risk.
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Keneally should make Parramatta heart of Sydney's transport network
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Lee Rhiannon
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Jul 02, 2010 01:35 PM
- Commenting on the dire state of public transport infrastructure in Parramatta raised today at Parramatta City's Transport Forum, NSW Greens MP and transport spokesperson Lee Rhiannon called on the NSW government to end its obsession with roads and provide real transport solutions to Sydney's west.
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Infrastructure Australia priority list out: NSW transport gets an F
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Alison Orme
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Jul 02, 2010 04:23 PM
- Greens MP Lee Rhiannon says the just released report from Infrastructure Australia recommending priority infrastructure projects for federal funding gives NSW a fail mark for progressing public transport projects which Infrastructure Australia judges should be a key priority. Ms Rhiannon says the government's omission in not even bidding for funding for the $6.7 billion north-west rail link means it is unlikely ever to be built.
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Small businesses denied CBD Metro compensation
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Jul 02, 2010 04:24 PM
- Greens MP and transport spokesperson Lee Rhiannon is calling on the NSW government to make public details of what compensation claims by small businesses disadvantaged by the CBD Metro project have been settled and how many have been refused, following reports of some being rejected by the government.
