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Add, Don't Subtract
After living in many cities in the world, I find Newcastle to be one of the best. I also use the train all the time. I have seen various 'solutions' to transport in those cities.
1) Success one: add, don't subtract. The great cities of the world have light rail, metro, buses, dedicated and safe cycle lanes on all streets, and they encourage walking. And they have heavy rail as the point where people arrive from outside. Think Amsterdam, or Copenhagen or Oslo -- all major commercial centres and great places to live. We should be adding all these options to read more
Comment 1 24 Oct 2008, 11:10 PM
Agreed. Our future city heart is headed for West end though with highest densities and shifting centre etc. So light rail from West end to city is an "ADD"!
So without developers how do things actually happen. Demonising developers seems like the type comment that would have once come from those that said the world was flat. Grow up.
Comment 2 27 Oct 2008, 11:12 AM
I agree with Rboer. I have lived in many overseas cities and the ones that work well have heavy rail into the city. This developer has a huge interest in Charlestown, so they could get the line discontinued and then pull out of the project, and promote Charlestown as the new CBD.