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That's such a good way to explain it, I did get that impression a bit! Botany and Bexley don't seem to have too much in common haha. Glad you found the video useful

No worries! Glad you found the video helpful

definitely!

Thanks!

Good point!

Singapore didn’t invent the metro

If it ain't broke!

@@MaxS-hn8we Neither did Sydney Metro.

@@MarcSebastian-pi5he no one claimed that it did so what’s your point? 🤷‍♂️

@@MaxS-hn8we 😂😂😂

Thanks Damien! Glad you liked the music choices, I think the stations deserved some nice classical music

Thanks! It took about 4ish hours to upload from memory.

@@ChrisTopher_Urbanism Embedding time to TH-cam can take even longer for small channels.

I'm so glad you just introduced me to the phrase deadly treadly, that's awesome

as a unsw student, i also agree that waterloo is the best; i could use it if the trams decide to go on strike to go to town hall.

Haha glad your wait is finally over! It was a pretty full-on edit to do, the original cut was an hour long. I agree! It's great how much bike parking and even cycleways were integrated into the designs of the stations. What work did you do during the build?

@@ChrisTopher_Urbanism i reckon you should have just uploaded the 1h version, or do you get worse viewership numbers when it is longer? And yeah if I have one complaint about the metro it is the fact that we are still allowing these stupid massive roads right out the front of stations ruining the catchment: pacific highway, botany road, Park St, Epping road, even miller street should all go on a diet - perhaps a good idea for your next video?! I worked on the chatswood dive site where the trains enter tunnels, Barangaroo remediation project right next to the metro box, and central station excavation and upgrade. My dad also worked on the older Epping-chatswood tunnel & stations back in the mid-2000s so between us there is a fair bit of family history in the metro line!

@@BigBlueMan118 It just wasn't as strong a video - it's way more focused and engaging at its current length. That would be a good idea for a future video, it's been a pet peeve of mine for ages. That would've been such a cool site to work on!

That's a really good point about the bike parking becoming overcrowded, especially since I think Ashfield is the only other station near the T3 with a bike shed. I really think building bike sheds and north to south pop-up cycleways to allow bike access to the T2 and T4, as well as a cycleway parallel to the T3, would have been a good way to take a lot of strain off the replacement busses. Personally I've found that outside the laneway network Sydenham can be pretty unpleasant to cycle around but maybe I'm riding in the wrong spots.

@@ChrisTopher_Urbanism I think September 30 will be the real test, Sydenham is alright but only if you have local knowledge as it's not signposted at all, turning right gives you 600 metres on a dangerous traffic-heavy road, then there is a safe bike route from Marrickville to Tempe via Meeks Road to Victoria Road to Carrington Road which links you to the Cooks River bike path, it doesn't follow the train line at all but it is the safest cycle route, I've been walking from Sydenham to Canterbury this week to find a good cycle route along where the replacement buses will operate and the roads are full of potholes and bumps and blindspots and sharp turns, it's not suited for buses or bikes or even cars really, from Cooks River bike route there's a steep hill to climb to reach almost every train station, that cycle route next to the metro route can't come sooner enough

I'm sure someone will! Melbourne has some great urbanist TH-camrs

Thanks Luke, it was great to meet you too! From what I can see on CoS's Cycling Strategy map, they plan to extend the cycleway all the way along Hickson Rd and Sussex St down to Liverpool St, although I'm not sure when that will happen

Yes, I travelled from Sydenham to Epping nonstop on Friday, it goes nonstop in both directions between Sydenham to Tallawong, I'm yet to do the length of it but it's on my bucket list

Uh oh, I guess I shouldn't have let TH-cam decide where the ads should go...

Yeah it was a blast! Haha I thought it would be a good track to herald a new age for Sydney

Fair point! I should've included the legend. It was meant to be a brief snapshot of how many planned connections there are - feel free to check out more detail in the cycling action plan document itself: www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/explore/parks-sport-and-recreation/walking-and-cycling/cycling-strategy-and-action-plan

@@ChrisTopher_UrbanismAction Plan still waiting for some action! No new projects. Had to appoint a consultant ((DVD)to select some, hasn’t even started yet.

@@robertmoore512 That's terrible! It's been well over a year

Cheers! Thanks for being in the video 🤩

100%! They've done a good job so far and hopefully they continue to improve the areas around the stations as the metro proves its popularity

I meant commuters aren't starting their trip there, so there's less need for heaps of bike storage than the stations that are near where people are more likely to be starting their commute

Chris makes a good point about origins v. destinations. Also Sharath has made the point that the metro stop is the opposite end of Barangaroo from most of the current office development - so Wynyard might continue to be the main access point for office commuters... it will be interesting to see how that evolves.

Great video, really shows how easy it is!

It was meant to be a bit tongue in cheek - it's pretty much as it sounds. One of the exits of the station is lift only because it's too deep for escalators.

Time to get some bike lanes on Sydenham Rd and develop the quiet route on Shirlow and Sydney Steel Rd. And why not a shared path on Unwins Bridge Rd north to St Peters?

I have seen 3 comments from you, and each is negative and rude to the creator of this video. I am sure constructive criticism is welcome, but rudeness is not. Appreciate the work he has done on this video and comment appropriately, or don't comment at all if you have nothing positive to say.

To walk the 750m from Waterloo Metro to the Commonwealth Bank head office at South Eveleigh takes 20 minutes because of the numerous traffic lights with excessively long waiting times. With pedestrian priority, that walk would be less than 10 minutes.

Jake did a fantastic job with that video, putting the two side by side really shows how ridiculous the light timings are. I did only give it a 6 since I didn't think it should be lower than the stations near the Pacific Hwy and M1, but perhaps they all deserved to be a bit lower

Thanks!

Thanks! That would be a good idea for a video

Excellent! That's exciting

It was a party 🙌

Almost like people who make Content with a big focus on Transport, they'll make a video of them at the opening of a new transport line 😱

The more the merrier!

It's been pretty definitely shown that, especially on roads that are already at capacity (like the Anzac Bridge), additional capacity gets filled up quickly due to people changing their driving habits, as well as mode shift from other forms of transport. Give section 4.2 a read: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c0e5848e5274a0bf3cbe124/latest-evidence-on-induced-travel-demand-an-evidence-review.pdf

@@ChrisTopher_Urbanism traffic increases over the years because more people live in Sydney. With more people you need more roads and public transport.

@@tedes72 That is a part of why traffic increases, yes. But the type of transport infrastructure we build determines what type of traffic - car, bus, train, bike, foot, etc. It also influences how many trips people take and where they decide to live. We should be meeting the existing demand for travel (which is a separate thing to demand for car travel) through modes of transport that are space efficient and don't pollute and we should stop inducing new driving trips with more car infrastructure, which induces more car travel.

@@ChrisTopher_Urbanism why?

@@ChrisTopher_Urbanism Australia is a big country and people will always choose cars

I should definitely make videos about some active transport plans in Western Sydney - I am less familiar with them, as the closest to Western Sydney I've lived is Epping, so it would take some extra research, but it would be well worth it

well now you know