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A BAN on cars in the heart of Sydney CBD is one step closer, with Lord Mayor Clover Moore determined to transform busy thoroughfares into a pedestrian-friendly meeting point.
Sydney City Council is calling for tenders in its bid to bring to life renowned urbanist Jan Gehl's vision for the city.
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The council is hoping to emulate New York, which has banned cars from Broadway, and cycle-friendly Copenhagen, to give Sydney a real main street. It hopes to gazette work for three piazzas at Town Hall, Circular Quay and Railway Square next year.
Speed limits will be dropped to 40km/h in the city heart and traffic lights reset to give pedestrians more time to cross the road.
Mr Gehl, in the new Sustainable Sydney 2030 The Vision report, said Sydney's heart was choking on noise and fumes of the "international combustion engine".
"What do you value more, your people or your cars? If you say 'people', then you need to unlock the centre of your city so it becomes a place that people will want to go and a place that welcomes everybody - workers, children, old people and students," he said.
About 78,000 cars drive into the city via the Sydney Harbour Bridge each day, RTA statistics reveal, clogging up roads at a cost of $4 billion annually, as a million people work their way through congested streets. That figure is expected to double to $8 billion in the next decade under a do-nothing scenario.
Ms Moore said: "We are working on a new hierarchy of city streets, from walking streets such as Pitt St and parts of Market St to streets that both pedestrians and cars can share, to streets that can carry cars, light rail, buses and bikes while still maintaining safety and amenity.
"We are constructing the brief for the future use and design of George St as a pedestrian and public transport route with the goal to it becoming Sydney's new civic spine, linking our 2030 vision of three linked squares."
New bike paths are already being cut into car-choked streets to meet a three-year deadline to build a 200km network in the city. "End of trip" stations will be built into government buildings so cyclists can change and shower before work.
"We are building a bicycle network and it will be built in the next three years," Ms Moore said. :nervous:
A BAN on cars in the heart of Sydney CBD is one step closer, with Lord Mayor Clover Moore determined to transform busy thoroughfares into a pedestrian-friendly meeting point.
Sydney City Council is calling for tenders in its bid to bring to life renowned urbanist Jan Gehl's vision for the city.
Should all cities go car free? Tell us below
The council is hoping to emulate New York, which has banned cars from Broadway, and cycle-friendly Copenhagen, to give Sydney a real main street. It hopes to gazette work for three piazzas at Town Hall, Circular Quay and Railway Square next year.
Speed limits will be dropped to 40km/h in the city heart and traffic lights reset to give pedestrians more time to cross the road.
Mr Gehl, in the new Sustainable Sydney 2030 The Vision report, said Sydney's heart was choking on noise and fumes of the "international combustion engine".
"What do you value more, your people or your cars? If you say 'people', then you need to unlock the centre of your city so it becomes a place that people will want to go and a place that welcomes everybody - workers, children, old people and students," he said.
About 78,000 cars drive into the city via the Sydney Harbour Bridge each day, RTA statistics reveal, clogging up roads at a cost of $4 billion annually, as a million people work their way through congested streets. That figure is expected to double to $8 billion in the next decade under a do-nothing scenario.
Ms Moore said: "We are working on a new hierarchy of city streets, from walking streets such as Pitt St and parts of Market St to streets that both pedestrians and cars can share, to streets that can carry cars, light rail, buses and bikes while still maintaining safety and amenity.
"We are constructing the brief for the future use and design of George St as a pedestrian and public transport route with the goal to it becoming Sydney's new civic spine, linking our 2030 vision of three linked squares."
New bike paths are already being cut into car-choked streets to meet a three-year deadline to build a 200km network in the city. "End of trip" stations will be built into government buildings so cyclists can change and shower before work.
"We are building a bicycle network and it will be built in the next three years," Ms Moore said. :nervous:
