Region. Less than 20ks in 69 years

Professor Phillip O’Neill, director of the Parramatta-based UWS Urban Research Centre, said less than 20 kilometres of new railway had been built in Western Sydney since 1940 despite a fivefold increase in the population. He was commenting in the Sun-Herald on an article on Sydney’s inadequate rail system. He said Western Sydney was forced to rely on a mishmash of local roads and poorly designed bus services. Some 80 per cent of Western Sydney’s workers employed in the region travelled to work by car. Norwest Business Park had more than 90 per cent car dependency.