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Gutting the Greater Cities Commission

6 July 2023 -
The A$26.6 billon Sydney West Metro, for example, connects Sydney’s two central business districts, but bypasses the residential hot spots just west of the Parramatta CBD.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/07/06/gutting-the-greater-cities-commission.html
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What is the value of additional trips?

3 June 2022 -
Various modelling analyses we have undertaken over the past decade, drawing on data from the 700+ respondents from Metro Melbourne or from the 200+ respondents from the regional Victoria survey, have
www.sydney.edu.au/business/news-and-events/news/2022/06/06/what-is-the-value-of-additional-trips-.html
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Resurgence of Value Capture

30 July 2021 -
Sydney Metro has recently announced the addition of Pyrmont station as part of the Sydney Metro West project. ... 2. NSW Government, Sydney Metro City & Southwest, Final Business Case Summary, October 2016.
www.sydney.edu.au/business/news-and-events/news/2021/08/02/resurgence-of-value-capture.html
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Pitfalls for private financing of public projects

22 February 2024 -
By contrast, recent published project summaries in Australia, for example, Melbourne Metro PPP, indeed quantify the future financial obligations. ... Melbourne Metro Rail Authority/Victoria State Government, Metro Tunnel Project Summary, February 2018.
www.sydney.edu.au/business/news-and-events/news/2018/05/15/pitfalls-for-private-financing.html
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Corridor protection for infrastructure and transport

31 October 2018 -
This required a strata title through various building basements. Given that Metro Sydney has now adopted an entirely different alignment through the CBD, this seemingly sensible – at the time - planning precaution ... Those of us around at the time
www.sydney.edu.au/business/news-and-events/news/2017/10/26/corridor-protection-for-infrastructure-and-transport.html
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Prof Tony Weiss elected to the US National Academy of Inventors

8 December 2021 -
Professor Tony Weiss has become the first academic from the University of Sydney elected as a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors, a rare honour for international researchers.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/12/08/tony-weiss-elected-us-national-academy-inventors-nai-fellow.html
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Going for Gold in economic complexity

6 December 2021 -
In contrast, Australian politicians have been far more interested in stimulating the economy through “flashy” infrastructure projects such as the $11 billion Western Sydney Airport metro.
www.sydney.edu.au/business/news-and-events/news/2021/12/06/going-for-gold-in-economic-complexity.html
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Metropolitan Planning and Governance

19 May 2022 -
Ric Stephens is based in Portland, Oregon. He has led many successful projects for smart cities and urban sustainability, and has been a close observer of Portland's Metro Council and
www.sydney.edu.au/henry-halloran-trust/news-and-media/latest-news/2016/08/16/metropolitan-planning-and-governance.html