Transport In Sydney In The 2010s
The 2010s saw many developments relating to transport in the Australian city of Sydney, New South Wales. The decade saw a substantial investment in infrastructure, including a new airport, motorway projects, light rail lines, Australia's first metro system, the new Waratah fleet and the demise of the non-air conditioned S sets from the rail network. Planning and branding of public transport services became substantially more centralised. Governance In Australia, urban transport is primarily the responsibility of the state and territory governments. Transport was a major issue in the lead up to the 2011 New South Wales state election. The incumbent NSW Labor government's management of public transport was perceived as poor and a succession of infrastructure projects that were announced and then abandoned proved politically damaging. The election saw the 16-year-Labor government defeated in a landslide by the Liberal–National Coalition. The Coalition retained power in the 2015 ...
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2010s
File:2010s collage v21.png, From top left, clockwise: Anti-government protests called the Arab Spring arose in 2010–2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown, including when Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was Death of Muammar Gaddafi, killed; Crimea is Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexed by Russia in 2014; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIS/ISIL perpetrates terrorist attacks and captures territory in Syria and Iraq; climate change awareness and the Paris Agreement; the Event Horizon Telescope captures the first image of a black hole in 2017; ''Obergefell v. Hodges'' legalizes same-sex marriage in the United States in 2015; increasing use of digital and mobile technologies; the United Kingdom, UK votes to Brexit, leave the European Union, EU in 2016, on a rising tide of populism throughout the West during the decade., 420x420px, thumb rect 0 0 400 200 Arab Spring rect 0 200 400 400 Death of Muammar Gaddafi rect 400 0 800 400 Annexation of ...
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