Unfortunately, every transport proposal in Sydney now has to prove that it can serve low-density (full of single block detached dwellings) suburban areas that are wedded to cars. But no urban rail system in the world has shown that it can successfully operate in such a context, as highlighted in Jim Steer's recent Sydney Transport Review for the State Government (which the Government subsequently chose to ignore. Only buses get close to where people live and work in low density areas but as long as they continue to share road space with cars they will always be the subservient mode. 

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