Tag: nsw
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Not enough funding for Sydney Park Junction – Addendum REF to cut scope
On the 20th of November 2024, Jenny Leong (the Green’s MP for Newtown) asked the State Minister for Transport 21 detailed questions in NSW Parliament regarding the status and fate of the infamous TfNSW Sydney Park Junction project. The public received a response from the Minister for Transport on the 20th of December 2024, which only included answers…
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No Signal for Pedestrian Safety: TfNSW Refuses Signal Data During National Road Safety Week
This week is National Road Safety Week. Traffic injury is the biggest killer of Australian children under 15 and the second-biggest killer of all Australians aged between 15 and 24. 50 people walking are killed on NSW roads and streets every year and this figure is trending up. Many of these people are killed waiting…
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Shining a Light on the Traffic Signals of Sydney
This blog post provides an overview of traffic signal operation in Sydney (focusing on the inner city), based on technical documentation, conversations with government & industry experts and data I’ve collected after building Better Intersections.
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Mapping pedestrian traffic light timing in Sydney, Australia
Better Intersections is a tool to record and visualise timing details for pedestrian and bicycle signals. In the absence of traffic light timing data, and as we hold hope for it to become publicly available; the aim of Better Intersections is to crowdsource measurements and inform where positive changes could be made.