Now, bury the problem

An underground bus terminal could solve the peak-hour logjam that turns one of the city’s major arteries into a commuter nightmare, says a leading authority on transport.

York Street in the Sydney city centre is the bane of bus commuters travelling from the city’s north, as it transforms into a single line of traffic moving at glacial pace.

Many frustrated passengers simply get off at Wynyard and walk towards Town Hall rather than sit in the traffic jam. There is such a backlog at the Queen Victoria Building that commuters boarding buses to suburbs including Balmain, Epping and Lane Cove are also delayed — via redwolf.newsvine.com