Sydney roads surge back to pre-COVID levels
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Sydneyâs public transport patronage is slowly recovering from the COVID-19 lockdown but road traffic is returning to pre-pandemic levels, and some days even exceeding it.
As social distancing requirements on public transport were eased on Monday by close to 10 per cent, Transport for NSW chief operations officer Howard Collins revealed the cityâs road network had almost returned to normal.
Sydney s roads are returning to pre-COVID levels, according to Transport for NSW.
Sydney news: Coronavirus work from home orders lifted today in New South Wales
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Michaela Alhadeff is among thousands of workers who can return to the workplace today.
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Work from home orders lifted
The public health order requiring employers to allow staff to work from home if they can has been lifted.
The New South Wales Government announced the measure earlier in the year to help limit the spread of coronavirus.
From today, people will be allowed to return to offices if they are COVID-safe.
The Sydney Business Chamber s Katherine O Regan said an increase in the number of people in the heart of Sydney would boost the city s economy.
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A year after Sydney s new light rail started taking passengers, the reviews aren t too favourable.
In 2013, the light rail was predicted to take 86,000 passengers a day, but that s dipped to about 14,000 â 84 per cent down on expectations.
Most of that can be blamed on COVID-19, but in comparison, Sydney s trains and buses only saw a 45 percent drop.
Sydney s new light rail has been open to the public for a year.(Dominic Lorrimer) It s not used, it s not loved, NSW Shadow Transport Minister Chris Minns said. The public s voting with their feet and they re not using it.
But Transport Minister Andrew Constance pointed the finger at the virus, saying the pandemic had knocked it for six .
A final strategy to reshape Pyrmont over the next two decades, which includes raising building heights in parts of the inner-city suburb significantly, is also due to be released.