Transport & Traffic
Glebe Island Bridge update, July 2021
Posted on 5th July 2021
The 2nd July 2021 marked 118 years since the opening of Glebe Island Bridge in 1903….
Glebe Island Bridge has a website!
New website highlights the past and potential of this wonderful asset, sadly now falling into greater and greater disrepair. The Society wants to see it restored and put into use as an attractive green pedestrian and cycleway linking Rozelle and Pyrmont.
370 bus route change – Have your say!
Posted on 4th June 2021
Transport NSW plans to shorten the 370 bus route meaning that Glebe residents will no longer be able to get a single bus to the eastern suburbs and Coogee. The 370 would end at Sydney University and a new bus route would run from Sydney University through Glebe, to and from Leichhardt.
Updates on Bridge Rd Pop-Up Cycleway
Posted on 17th April 2021
Transport for NSW’s survey about the Bridge Road cycleway left much to be desired.
A missing transport link – let’s protest!
Posted on 8th April 2021
City buses from Glebe do not stop at the existing bus stop that’s key to accessing important services and transport infrastructure. Instead, passengers must alight at stops nearly ½ km away. What needs to be done.
Fire in the Control Cabin on Glebe Island Bridge, 1983
Posted on 8th April 2021
According to NSW Transport’s archives (https://historicalarchive.transport.nsw.gov.au/), a fire irreparably damaged the control cabin of the Glebe Island Bridge, necessitating its complete rebuild and technology upgrade.
Update on Bridge Rd ‘pop-up’ cycleway
Posted on 27th February 2021
The COVID-19 legislation that enabled the introduction of a ‘pop-up’ cycleway on both sides of Bridge Rd Glebe/Forest Lodge terminates on 25 March 2021. A decision will be made within 8 weeks of this date to either remove it or establish it on a permanent basis.
More disappointment on Glebe-City bus routes
Posted on 1st January 2021
Bus route changes disadvantage people with mobility impairments trying to get into the city.
Update on Bridge Rd cycleway: Council and State Government drag their feet on serious safety concerns
Posted on 29th December 2020
The cycleway remains dangerous and neither the City nor the State Government has explained how and when the problems will be addressed.
Bridge Road pop-up cycleway
Posted on 15th October 2020
The Glebe Society is serious about cycling but serious safety risks with the cycleway have become apparent. A comprehensive article on the issues and what needs to happen.
Letter to the editor on the pop-up cycleway
Posted on 15th October 2020
From a family that has lived on Bridge Rd Glebe (near Clare St) for five generations
How the Blackwattle Bay Precinct and Fish Market Developments intend to deal with increased traffic and transport needs
Posted on 3rd September 2020
Infrastructure NSW has released the Traffic and Transport Strategy proposed for the new Fish Market and Blackwattle Bay Developments. This article summarises what is proposed and what it might mean for Glebe/Forest Lodge
Bridge Rd pop-up cycleway
Posted on 3rd September 2020
The City and Transport for NSW have installed new cycleways using barriers, line markings and lane dividers, with the first locations including Pyrmont Bridge Rd, Glebe. But there are serious questions about its implementation.
Carriers of Glebe and Forest Lodge – Meloys
Posted on 3rd September 2020
The first in an occasional series about the families behind the carriers of Glebe and Forest Lodge
Bob Connolly remembers local opposition to the Hereford Lodge YHA
Posted on 1st September 2020
Bob Connolly was living across the road from the Hereford Lodge YHA in the early 1990s. Our editor interviewed him about action taken by a group of locals to address the problems arising from a large YHA in a residential street:
A Blackwattle Bay Circular Walk
Posted on 9th July 2020
There have been calls for many years for a Foreshore Walk around Blackwattle Bay. A circular walk around the whole bay for pedestrians and cyclists would be an attractive and much needed active transport route. We have seen recently the desire of the community to walk, run and cycle and the more attractive that […]
Report of community action on WestConnex
Posted on 7th June 2020
Since 2015, members of the local community and the Glebe Society have been actively involved in fighting WestConnex construction issues that affect our community. It is always very difficult to have wins with State Significant Infrastructure (SSI) sites. The WestConnex plan has moved from its original plan of tunnelling under Glebe/Forest Lodge (University of Sydney […]
Active Transport during COVID-19
Posted on 26th May 2020
The advent of the Covid 19 Crisis has seen a marked increase in active transport. By this I mean walking and cycling. This has seen Inner West Mayors telling residents to avoid walking and cycling in places such as the Bay Run in Leichhardt/Drummoyne. It has seen crowded scenes on our own Foreshore Walk. It […]
Society’s 1972 Plan for Public Transport, Not Expressways
Posted on 28th October 2019
In its ultimately successful campaign to prevent the two expressways that would have trifurcated Glebe, the Society produced its first monograph in 1972.
Looking for a Convenor, Transport and Traffic Subcommittee
Posted on 3rd May 2019
The role of Convenor, Transport and Traffic for the Glebe Society will interest you.
A Tram is a Tram is a Tram …?
Posted on 1st April 2019
After a life of no more than 18 years, the last of the Variotrams, No. 2107 has gone into retirement at the Sydney Tramway Museum at Loftus.
‘Gracious Cycling’
Posted on 3rd December 2018
The City of Sydney has produced a video promoting the art of ‘Gracious Cycling’.
WestConnex – Now a Fait Accompli
Posted on 30th September 2018
Sadly the WestConnex behemoth can’t be stopped. Construction and destruction are well under way.
Glebe and Forest Lodge have gotten off relatively lightly. There are no construction or property acquisitions proposed in our suburbs.
Transport and Traffic Subcommittee Annual Report 2017-2018
Posted on 6th August 2018
During this year, the Transport and Traffic committee has been involved in a variety of issues, from the WestConnex behemoth to cycling facilities, pedestrian safety and parking management in Glebe and Forest Lodge.
Submission on the City of Sydney’s Neighbourhood Parking Policy
Posted on 20th January 2018
The City’s current parking policy achieves a workable balance between discouraging commuter parking in Glebe and Forest Lodge and providing residents with priority access to parking.
Review of City of Sydney’s Neighbourhood Parking Policy
Posted on 28th November 2017
City of Sydney is reviewing its ‘Neighbourhood Parking Policy’ and is seeking comments on its proposed changes.
WestConnex: Communities Show Their Distaste for a Bad Project
Posted on 7th November 2017
Submissions on the Environmental Impact Statement for the M4-M5 Link closed on 16 October. The Department of Planning and Environment has received a huge number of submissions opposing the project.
Submission to NSW Planning and Environment on WestConnex EIS
Posted on 27th October 2017
Attached is our submission to the NSW Department of Planning and Environment on the Environmental Impact Statement lodged by WestConnex for stage 3 of the project.
How WestConnex Will Affect You
Posted on 4th October 2017
By Jan Wilson, on behalf of StopWestConnex-Glebe Forest Lodge, a group of concerned locals campaigning against the $17 billion+ WestConnex toll road and for better public and active transport.
