Sydney Drivers Ditch Cars, Embrace Public Transit

0:00It's April 10th. Welcome to Sydney News today, powered by AI. Sydney drivers are ditching their cars big time thanks to skyrocketing fuel prices from that Middle East conflict six weeks back. Data from Transport for New South Wales shows a sharp drop in traffic on the city's busiest roads like a real shift in how folks get around to beat. Those costs. Fuel for Unleted or E10 jump from an average of $1.68 a liter in February to $2.20 in April. To hit right around mid-March and traffic on spots like the Sydney Harbor Bridge fell from 143,510. Weekday trips to 134,835 by months end. Epping roads saw a similar dip. Puppet transports picking up a bit too. With Opal Car Trips averaging 2,400 8,000 weekday uses the week of March. 23rd up 1.2% from last year. Next week, it climbed another 1.5%, especially on trains and metro.

1:02Meanwhile, more people are hitting the pedals or pounding the pavement. Cycling counts across greater Sydney rose 10.4% since January and walking jumped 37.7% over three months. Admonitored sites. Toll roads like the M2 and M7 stay pretty steady though, up just 0.6%. From line, Sydney's adapting quick fewer cars, more buses, bikes and boots on the ground keeping the city moving despite the pump pain.