Sydney clearways strategy: keeping Sydney moving

The NSW Government’s Long Term Transport Master Plan outlines a number of responses to traffic congestion in Sydney, aimed at improving travel on Sydney’s roads in both the short and long term. A particular need has been identified to extend clearways for weekend travel, where traffic growth has led to congestion levels similar to that of weekday peak periods. However, the needs of the community, including local businesses, along major roads must be considered, by ensuring parking and access remains adequate. This strategy document outlines a proposed approach to make improvements that will provide greater capacity and travel benefits for customers, particularly on congested corridors where on-street parking obstructs the efficient performance of the whole corridor. It requires a balance between the needs of commuters travelling during weekday peak periods, the considerable and growing weekend traffic, and the needs of local businesses along major roads. The strategy proposes that when parking is removed from a major road to extend a clearway, a similar quantity of alternative parking, based on parking demand, should first be identified. The first section of this document provides an overview of the important role of the clearways network. The strategy then outlines proposed and possible expansions to the clearways network. Importantly, the strategy aims to consider the impacts any clearway expansion will have in terms of localised public parking requirements. It seeks approaches along each major road to provide parking capacity to manage the loss of parking due to the possible expansions.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/publications/sydney-clearways-strategy.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Transport for NSW

  Sydney, New South Wales   

  Transport for NSW

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• Publication Date: 2013-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 25p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway traffic control; No parking; On street parking; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning; Weekends
• Geographic Terms: Sydney (Australia)
• ATRI Terms: Clearway; On-street parking; Traffic congestion; Traffic management; Transport planning; Weekend
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01503777
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 17 2014 9:43AM