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Roads
The AI light trick triggering your primal survival instincts to drive faster
Motorists are travelling through the Burnley Tunnel a minute quicker since the installation of moving green “pacemakers” lights that tap into your instinct to flee.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Editorial
Editorial
Caution needed on Sydney’s road tolling shake-up
The promise of lower tolls sounds good, but implementing a new regime will be politically and commercially difficult.
- The Herald's View
The map that shows the winners and losers from Sydney’s road toll shake-up
Toll road giant Transurban has released internal modelling that is contested by the man leading a sweeping review of Sydney’s motorway network.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Big business has one big problem with Sydney’s tolling shake-up
The big end of town is highly critical of one aspect of an independent review into the city’s patchwork of tolled motorways.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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Roads
Ghosted: the unanswered letter that sparked a fight over Rozelle Parklands
The troubled park, on top of the equally troubled interchange, has reopened – but new fencing, and a new fight, have emerged.
- by Anthony Segaert
Rozelle interchange ‘hotspots’ were known 16 months before opening
Senior managers from toll road operator Transurban have told an inquiry that the analysis was shared with the previous Coalition government.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Busy Brisbane road being redesigned as tunnel decision looms
The Queensland government is working on concept designs for a major suburban thoroughfare before announcing whether a toll tunnel should go underneath.
- by Sean Parnell
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State Parliament
Harbour Bridge two-way toll needed to fix Rozelle Interchange: Allan Fels
The former competition watchdog chairman warns the $6.7 billion Western Harbour Tunnel is at risk of becoming a white elephant.
- by Michael McGowan
Extra tolls on Harbour Bridge, Tunnel would sting tens of thousands a day
Hundreds of millions of dollars a year would be raised if two-way tolling on the Harbour Bridge, Tunnel and Eastern Distributor is adopted, as recommended by a review.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Analysis
Roads
The fundamental flaw in Sydney’s tolling strategy – and how we can do better
Sydney’s tolling system has delivered us a world-class network of motorways, But it has also become a needless drag on the economy.
- by Matt Wade
Analysis
Roads
Allan Fels wants to shake up Sydney toll roads. But it’s politically risky
The former ACCC chairman’s proposals to reform the city’s tolling system are littered with potholes for the Minns government.
- by Matt O'Sullivan