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Most Sydney residents travel by car through the system of roads, and motorways.
The most important trunk routes in the urban area form the nine Metroad systems,
which includes the 110 km (68 mi) Sydney Orbital Network. Sydney is also served
by extensive train, taxi, bus and ferry networks.
Sydney trains are run
by CityRail, a corporation of the New South Wales State Government. Trains run
as suburban commuter rail services in the outer suburbs, then converge in an underground
city loop service in the central business district. In the years following the
2000 Olympics, CityRail's performance declined significantly. In 2005, CityRail
introduced a revised timetable and employed more drivers. A large infrastructure
project, the Clearways project, is scheduled to be completed by 2010. In 2007
a report found Cityrail performed poorly compared to many metro services from
other world cities.
Sydney has one privately operated light rail line, the Metro Light Rail, running from Central Station to Lilyfield along a former goods train line. There is also a small monorail which runs in a loop around the main shopping district and Darling Harbour. Sydney was once served by an extensive tram network, which was progressively closed in the 1950s and 1960s. Most parts of the metropolitan area are served by buses, many of which follow the pre-1961 tram routes. In the city and inner suburbs the state-owned Sydney Buses has a monopoly. In the outer suburbs, service is contracted to many private bus companies. Construction of a network of rapid bus transitways in areas not previously well served by public transport began in 1999, and the first of these, the Liverpool-Parramatta Rapid Bus Transitway opened in February 2003. Sydney Ferries, another State government-owned organisation, runs numerous commuter and tourist ferry services on Sydney Harbour and the Parramatta River.
Sydney Airport, located in the suburb of Mascot, is Sydney's main airport, and is one of the oldest continually operated airports in the world . The smaller Bankstown Airport mainly serves private and general aviation. There are light aviation airfields at Hoxton Park and Camden. RAAF Base Richmond lies to the north-west of the city. The question of the need for a Second Sydney Airport has raised much controversy. A 2003 study found that Sydney Airport can manage as Sydney's sole international airport for 20 years with a significant increase in airport traffic predicted. The resulting expansion of the airport would have a substantial impact on the community, including additional aircraft noise affecting residents. Land has been acquired at Badgerys Creek for a second airport, the site acting as a focal point of political argument.
A bus
(or omnibus or autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus
generally carries more passengers than a minivan, and is used for different purposes.
Buses are the most widely used mode of public transport, although buses also see
use in a number of other applications, notably in tourism and as private transport.
Buses come in various shapes and sizes, and can carry anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers,
in varying levels of comfort. The most common type of bus is the single-decker
bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and
smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses. A more luxurious version of
all sizes of bus is the coach. Buses are usually powered by a diesel engine, although
early buses were horse drawn, and experiments with steam buses also occurred.
In parallel to the fully mobile bus, was use of the trolleybus. Limited uses and
further research into alternative powertrain technologies for buses continues
in parallel with the car industry. While historically buses around the world had,
and still have, differences in design and appearance, in common with the car industry
bus manufacturing is increasingly a globalised activity, with the same design
of bus appearing on roads around the world. Buses, particularly for public transport]],
are increasingly designed for accessibility.
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