Mayors’ Series: Gold Coast City Transport Strategy 2041 – A vision for sustainable transportation

When it comes to public transport, it could be strongly argued that cities such as London, Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool have largely got it right.

These modern cities have an efficient mix of dedicated transport lanes, integrated bus services and overland rail, as well as underground lines, extensive cycle networks for people commuting by bicycle or electric transport modes and other processes including congestion taxes and toll ways.

In 2022, I met with Transport for London (TfL) officials and was impressed with the leading-edge technology in place to deal with public transport throughout Greater London.

Our Australian capital cities, such as Sydney and Melbourne, with populations exceeding four million, have also progressed their public transport systems to a stage where millions of commuters board trains, ferries or buses on a daily basis. It all seems to work, bar the odd union strike!

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