Not too late to learn from the Sydney Olympics experience: Opportunities offered by multimodality in current transport policy

•Sydney looks back to the Olympics as a reference point for a well functioning transport system.•Multimodality was the key to the success of the Olympics.•Policy failed to internalise the benefits into everyday public transport policy and planning.•The benefits of learning from the past for current...

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Published in:Cities 2015-06, Vol.45, p.117-122
Main Authors: Mulley, Corinne, Moutou, Claudine J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceptances
Australia
Benefits
Bridges
Multimodality
New South Wales
Policy learnings
Ports
Public transport
Success
Sydney Olympics
Transport infrastructure
Transport planning
Transport policy
Travel
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Summary:•Sydney looks back to the Olympics as a reference point for a well functioning transport system.•Multimodality was the key to the success of the Olympics.•Policy failed to internalise the benefits into everyday public transport policy and planning.•The benefits of learning from the past for current day policy. Sydney is the Australian city that attracts the most global attention with its beautiful harbour, its iconic attractions of the harbour bridge and opera house. Tourists may leave Sydney with a complimentary view of Sydney’s public transport but the Sydneysider’s assessments of Sydney’s public transport system is often much harsher, especially if the journey requires travel beyond the immediate centre of the city. In Sydney, the reference point of what constitutes a functioning transport system is informed by the success of the transport system in meeting the needs of the participants and observers at the Summer Olympics of 2000. Changes to the transport system to provide more multimodal travel were supported by Sydneysiders and visitors and this paper analyses why this success has not been translated into everyday public transport. The paper identifies opportunities which still exist for Sydney to benefit from the success of these Olympics. These opportunities involve strengthening the opportunities for, and acceptance of, multimodal trips by the travelling public.
ISSN:0264-2751
1873-6084
DOI:10.1016/j.cities.2014.10.004