A new, single, NSW transport authority, but two ministers!
<i>From the 9 July "eNEWS" of Clover Moore, MP and Lord Mayor -</i>

A SINGLE TRANSPORT AUTHORITY – ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO BACK

After years of consistently calling for one government agency to
coordinate the services of all transport modes, the Transport
Administration Amendment Act, secures this single agency.

The Act, which Parliament passed early last month, gives the
Transport NSW Director General control of all transport
infrastructure, policy, planning, and operational services. Now one
budget will cover rail, bus, ferry, cycling, roads and freight and a
single statutory Transport Advisory Council will replace all existing
public transport boards.

Transport authorities will no longer be able to work at
cross-purposes or with competing priorities and agendas, which
provides the opportunity for better planning and delivery of public
transport programs.

During debate I called for sustainability to drive transport planning
and budgets, with legislated objectives that reflect the green
transportation hierarchy, which puts pedestrians and cyclists first
and single occupancy private vehicles last.

Depressingly, this long overdue logical reform has been undermined by
the subsequent recreation of two ministries in the most recent
ministerial reshuffle.

Information: My speech in Parliament:
<a href=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20100519029>http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20100519029</a>