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October 22, 2005
It is early morning, the sun is rising over Botany Bay, the planes are taking to the skies, the traffic is incessantly flowing to and from the airport, and the hotel's airconditioner is running. There are no windows in the building. This city is run on cheap energy fuelled by coal fired stations that produce a lot of Greenhouse gases.
Looking at the traffic flows I keep on thinking of all the problems Sydney has dealing with traffic--eg, the City Cross Tunnel--- and the way the politics of urban renewal is played out:
The City Cross Tunnel toll road seems to be more about improving tunnel revenue thrrough unpopular road closures than traffic flows. Does the contract allow the state government to improving public transport to take the cars off the road? Or is that considered to have a material adverse effect?
You can find more about about PP partnerships over at John Quiggin, the expensive financing of these projects, and the perverse impacts that tolls have on traffic flows.
Why cannot state governments borrow the money to fund infrastructure renewal? What is peverse about that? Why is that considered such a no no these days? Does anyone accept the mantra about governments 'crowding out' capital markets?
Why not bite the bullet and impose a congestion tax on cars entering the central city.The rolback of the car is going to have to start sometime.
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Hi, in your entry on August 21, 2003 you posted a photograph by Destiny Deacon and named it "DestinyDeacon4": http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/DestinyDeacon4.jpg
I was wondering if you knew the actual title of the artwork and if so, could you email me the title?
Thanks