Sydney

CBD CBD means Central Business District. It became the most accessible part of a

town or city. Most of the rail routes met there so that is why it could easily be reached by people living throughout the urban area.

In Sidney CBD is the main commercial center. Its north-south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in the south. It is the largest and busiest central business district in Australia.

GeographyThe Sydney CBD is an area of very densely

concentrated skyscrapers and other buildings.

The streets run on a slightly crooked grid pattern in the southern CBD, but in the older, northern CBD the streets form several intersecting grids.

The CBD runs along two ridge lines below Macquarie Street and York Streets.

GovernanceThe Sydney CBD falls under the authority of

the local government area of the City of Sydney.

The New South Wales state government also has authority over some aspects of the CBD.

This is a body charged with managing development of certain foreshore areas of Sydney.

Main problemsthe rail system is at

capacity and the bus network is inefficient, noisy and slow

long queues of crowded buses

lack of the rail link between Parramatta and Epping, and the north-west and south-west end

Friendly Sydney CBDmake it safer and

easier for pedestriansslowing down traffic to

40 km/h and light rail will go to the city centre

people will move around shopping, do their business, visit the city a

make it a good place to be

Evaluation Good points Bad pointsgood plans for

solutionsgood idea of using

extensive modelling to test a range of scenarios and identify the best solutions

not enough money in the budget to start the project

plans changed too often

too much disscussion on new projects make impossible to start them

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Daria Dobrowolska