METRO//NEWS 15/10/08

Nation-building bids fail to stack up (The Age) 
THE man who will spend $20 billion on building projects across the country has criticised submissions for failing to justify their case and match costs to benefits.


Sydney's sin tests Labor's $20b plan to build a nation (The West Australian) 
Sydney's public transport failure will bleed billions of dollars from other worthwhile projects around Australia as Rudd sets about building the nation.


Metrobus starts Sunday 12 October (Sydney Buses) 
The new Route 10 metrobus service will begin operating on a trial basis this Sunday, 12 October, between Leichhardt, Kingsford and the city.


Sydney needs 'more trains and car parks' (Sydney Morning Herald) 
Sydney commuters are keen to get out of their cars and jump on trains and buses but the state government needs to make it easier to do so, an expert says.


Listen to us Nathan (Hills News) 
THE North-West Rail Link met all prime ministerial criteria for federal infrastructure funding and should have topped Premier Nathan Rees's priority list and not been dumped.


Stand and deliver: how buses will bend rules (The Herald) 
WHEN you can't fit any more buses on to Sydney's congested roads, what's the answer? Strip out seats and triple the number of standing passengers.


The future of Sydney's transport could be electric (sciencealert.com.au) 
Professor Aleksander Samarin from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology believes Sydney’s traffic congestion, pollution and public transport woes could be solved by a private urban transport system (PUTS) comprised of electric cars. 


Wise water use revealed (Hills News) 
THE Vinegar Hill Memorial Library is holding a sustainability day focusing on how people can be "waterwise" with their gardens and make a positive impact on the environment.


How Costa drove public transport off the rails (Sydney Morning Herald) 
SYDNEY'S use of public transport has fallen way behind other Australian cities and the former transport minister and treasurer Michael Costa must wear much of the blame, says a member of the Infrastructure Australia advisory board.


Minister makes Tcard blunder (ABC News) 
The New South Wales Transport Minister has admitted blundering when he said Sydney's integrated public transport ticketing system would be ready by 2010, two years before it is expected.