This paper is based on a consulting project to help understand the travel demand patterns that might arise from various land use and transport infrastructure scenarios to inform the planning framework for Greater Western Sydney (GWS). This paper reports on the findings from the second stage of the project which modelled various possible future scenarios for the distribution of population and employment and the development of transport infrastructure and services, with a view to identifying some strategic issues and possible directions for employment location and transport planning in the region. The Sydney Strategic Travel Model (STM), which is developed and operated within the Transport and Population Data Centre at the Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources, was used to model the future land use and transport scenarios for GWS. The results provide valuable insight into the impact on travel demand of concentrated versus more dispersed employment policies and the provision of major rail links from GWS to the Sydney CBD in the context of greater population growth in Western Sydney. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E211825.
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