Capture a pre-project movement baseline

Seeing all the news about the Sydenham - Chatswood Sydney Metro line opening this week made it impossible not to wonder: how will the new connection change the way people move around Sydney?

Anyone with half an eye on the news knows that the new underground section of track dramatically cuts commute times, meaning that Sydney's infamous north-south divide may be becoming a thing of the past.

But how were the residents of these locations behaving  the new line opened?

Here's an extract of the July 2024 visitation data for Sydenham and Chatswood, showing where locals of each suburb travelled to regularly - before the new connection opened in mid-August.

‍Neighbourlytics processes mobile phone movement data across Australia to provide monthly visitation reports just like these.

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• See the Sydenham Lifestyle Report: https://bit.ly/3YR7s5Q
• ‍See the Chatswood Lifestyle Report: https://bit.ly/3YQ5wu5

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