Transport
John Mant
Mischief to disrupt consensus on city transport planning
John Mant Barry O'Farrell has announced the traffic engineers' version of the planners' City of Sydney Planning Commission - a joint state/city committee with four state nominees and three council nominees to...
Heckler
Train fix may only work in Wonderland
Heckler RECENTLY, I noticed a positions vacant advertisement, in the Herald, for managers for NSW trains.
Martin McKenzie-Murray
Camera drones: technological advance or Orwellian spies?
Martin McKenzie-Murray It was not until the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 that the world began to grasp the diabolical scale of repression in East Germany.
Dugald Jellie
Whether to run chooks in the city is a paltry matter
Dugald Jellie After voicing some concern, the Stonnington council is letting feathers fly.
Kenneth Davidson
How to save billions: dump the desal deal
Kenneth Davidson It's official. Melbourne Water users will pay $19.4 billion in contract payments to AquaSure.
Warwick McFayden
Hard-boiled critics seek to escape yoke of scrambled English language
Warwick McFayden ''When I use a word,'' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ''it means just what I choose it to mean ... .''
Shane Green
It's our station and we should have a real say in its future
Shane Green The grand plan by the Baillieu government to redevelop Flinders Street Station is heading into its final stages.
Heckler
Youngsters are clueless about life for oldsters
Heckler AT 64 I have read that a group of 40-year-olds working for a think tank recommend raising the knackery level to 70. Oh, the aches and pains now.
Deborah Swiss
Convict helper deserves recognition
Deborah Swiss Elizabeth Fry is an unlikely yet important hero in the history behind Australia Day.
Robert Nelson
Turf wars bark up wrong tree
Robert Nelson Since the growth of towns in the Renaissance, poets have talked about grass. From Petrarch in the 14th century, the open turf represented everything that busy Florence lacked: the luxuriant carpet...
Russell Marks
Myki: disaster from touch on to touch off
Russell Marks Melbourne public transport passengers are now stuck with myki, the new ticketing system which can only be described as disastrous.
We're stuck with a ticket to deride
Adam Carey After a long, excruciating gestation, myki finally became Melbourne's only ticket to ride last Saturday.
Simon Castles
Alone together with the Kindle
Simon Castles The woman opposite me on the tram is reading. Instinctively, I look to see what she is reading. This is a public transport pastime, after all, something commuters have been doing for as long as there...
Elizabeth Farrelly
Get connected: protection is a bridge over troubled waters
Elizabeth Farrelly Sydney: five bells, one harbour, seven bridges. A bridge is the ultimate romantic symbol, crystallising in steel and concrete the yearning to connect disparate worlds - and Sydney, city of baroque...
Bruce Guthrie
Too damn hot: falling out of love with a sunburnt country
Bruce Guthrie The season that once delighted is now a time of dread.
Heckler
How crazy, I need my car to help get the bus
Lesley Sender I AM a walker, driver, train user and cyclist but rarely travel by bus these days. However, I live in Sydney's western suburbs and there is a bus stop at the end of my street which can take me close...
John Hirst
How a bike track was considered bad for the environment
John Hirst THE Darebin Creek bike track is at last to be linked to the main Yarra Bike Trail. It has taken 17 years for this 1.8-kilometre stretch of track to gain planning approval and the money to build it.
Heckler
Inglorious launch of the Snoffit
THERE is a certain sound that may be familiar to you. It heralds an unhappy liaison between an individual and their oesophageal tract.
Maher Mughrabi
Upfield or up the creek, it's all the same time travelling
Maher Mughrabi Here's how to spend an hour in the railway system getting nowhere.
The Loaded Dog
Is Darling Harbour money well spent?
First, Barangaroo, now there is a billion-dollar revamp of Darling Harbour. Is the money being well spent? Are there other areas of NSW that could do with a facelift?
