L ORD Mayor Clover Moore's dream of a city of bikes and pedestrians forcing cars and buses to out-of-the-way bypass routes has been reinvented by Premier Barry O'Farrell.

The new state government Sydney City Centre Access Strategy mirrors the exact report the Premier swore he would stop Ms Moore bringing in last year.

It is virtually identical to Ms Moore's Connecting the City plan, which aimed to cut car trips to the city by 30 per cent and slash parking as well as put commuters on trains, buses and bikes, with Ms Moore calling it "brilliant".

"It's a dramatic new direction and overdue, incredibly necessary and important," Ms Moore told the Central Sydney Traffic and Transport Committee yesterday - the group Mr O'Farrell set up to stop

media_camera Traffic backs up while the College St cycleway is almost empty.

Sydney being "held hostage to the political constituency of Clover Moore" in 2012.

He refused to comment yesterday after swearing on the eve of his election there would be no more "crazy'' bike lanes on the city's main roads when he was premier.

"We should encourage everyone who is able to leave their cars at home or use public transport - but that's not real life for people,'' he said in his final pitch to voters.

"You can't ride your bike to the city each day if you live at Penrith."

media_camera Kent St cycleway in the city goes from town hall to the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Yesterday Mr O'Farrell's spokesman Mark Tobin said: "Contact Duncan Gay re cycleways."

The major point of difference is the new plan will rip up the College St bike path, with Ms Moore calling for $4.9 million worth of compensation to be paid. Construction on new bike paths on the main Sydney streets of Pitt, Castlereagh, Liverpool and Kent would be done before light rail works begin late next year.

Plans for more cycleways along the Cahill Expressway and new links to Barangaroo are also proposed.

On-street parking spaces will be turned into taxi ranks and loading zones and strict new planning controls will prevent more car parking being built in new buildings "where congestion is worst".

The new strategy blames early bird discount parking for CBD congestion.

It seeks reviews to the price of parking in different times of the day to discourage morning drivers.

media_camera Pitt St traffic will have to make way for bike paths if Clover Moore's plan is realised.

Cars account for 87 per cent of traffic during the Sydney peak - but only move 35 per cent of people, the report said. In a radical redesign, buses will be removed from George St before light rail works begin, leaving passengers from every second bus on some major routes, including the inner west, forced to catch two buses to get to the CBD.

In the vision, the centre of the city will be for pedestrians and light rail, the sides for cyclists, buses, cabs and motorbikes and outer edges will be for "car and vehicle routes".

The new State Government Sydney City Centre Access Strategy mirrors the exact report that the premier swore he would stop Ms Moore bringing in last year.

It is virtually identical to Ms Moore's Connecting the City plan, which aimed to cut car trips to the city by 30 per cent and slash parking, as well as turn commuters onto trains, buses and bikes, with Ms Moore calling it: "Brilliant".

"It's a dramatic new direction and it's well overdue, incredibly necessary and incredibly important," Ms Moore told the Central Sydney Traffic and Transport Committee yesterday - the group Mr O'Farrell set up to stop Sydney CBD being "held hostage to the political constituency of Clover Moore" in 2012.

He refused to comment yesterday after swearing on the eve of his election there would be no more ``crazy'' bike lanes on the city's main roads when he becomes premier.

``We should encourage everyone who is able to leave their cars at home or use public transport - but that's not real life for people. You can't ride your bike to the city each day if you live at Penrith," he said in his final pitch to voters.

media_camera Sydney's Lord Mayor Clover Moore at the opening of the new cycleway on Bourke Street, Surry Hills.

But yesterday his spokesman Mark Tobin said: "Contact Duncan Gay re cycleways".

The major point of difference, is the new plan will rip up the College St bike path - with Ms Moore calling for $4.9 million worth of compensation.

Construction on new bikepaths on the main streets of Pitt, Castlereagh, Liverpool and Kent to be built before light rail works begin late next year.

Plans for more cycleways along the Cahill Expressway and new links to Barangaroo are also proposed.

On-street parking spaces will be turned into taxi ranks and loading zones and strict new planning controls will slash more car parking being built in new buildings "where congestion is worst".

The new strategy blames early bird discount parking for CBD congestion, seeking reviews to the price of parking in different times of the day to discourage morning drivers.

Cars account for 87 per cent of traffic during peak - but only move 35 per cent of people, the report said.

media_camera Carlos Varas in his van on Pitt St traffic says continuing the bike path up Pitt St will make traffic worse than it is.

In a radical redesign, buses will be removed from George St before light rail works begin, leaving passengers from every second bus on some major routes, including the inner west, forced to catch two buses to get to the CBD.

In the light rail vision, the centre of the city will be for pedestrians and light rail, the sides "mixed use" for cyclists, buses, cabs and motorbikes and the outer edges will be for "car and vehicle routes".

The report, which the public can comment on for the next six weeks, said two-thirds of inner- Sydney residents would ride to work at least once a week if they had access to separated bike paths for the full distance of their trip.

On-street parking on College St will not return after the bike path is ripped up with the extra space to be used as another lane for traffic.

media_camera Heavy traffic on Pitt St.

Sydney will get 19 new taxi ranks, 70 new cab spaces, so CBD workers won't have to walk more than 150m to hail a cab.

Transport director general Les Welinga said it was "an exciting time for the CBD" while Greens NSW transport spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi applauded the government for "getting on board with the Greens' vision".

NRMA spokesman Phil Koury said the new bike paths could further squeeze motorists out of the city.

"If you shut down George St to cars where do they go?,'' he said.

"If you change Castlereagh and Pitt Streets to include bike paths where do the cars go?

"We don't want a situation where the CBD is cut off from the broader city. The CBD is owned by all of Sydney and we want to encourage people to come into the city.''

Latest George St consultation revealed concerns were about car park loss, disruption during construction, fears that it would not be built at all and " perceived safety risks of a mixed transport area".