Not too late to learn from the Sydney Olympics experience: Opportunities offered by multimodality in current transport policy

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2014

Subject Area

place - australasia, policy, planning - service improvement

Keywords

Sydney Olympics, Transport planning, Policy learnings, Multimodality

Abstract

Sydney is the Australian city that attracts the most global attention with its beautiful harbour, its iconic attractions of the harbour bridge and opera house. Tourists may leave Sydney with a complimentary view of Sydney’s public transport but the Sydneysider’s assessments of Sydney’s public transport system is often much harsher, especially if the journey requires travel beyond the immediate centre of the city.

In Sydney, the reference point of what constitutes a functioning transport system is informed by the success of the transport system in meeting the needs of the participants and observers at the Summer Olympics of 2000. Changes to the transport system to provide more multimodal travel were supported by Sydneysiders and visitors and this paper analyses why this success has not been translated into everyday public transport.

The paper identifies opportunities which still exist for Sydney to benefit from the success of these Olympics. These opportunities involve strengthening the opportunities for, and acceptance of, multimodal trips by the travelling public.

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Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

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