Sydneysiders were frustrated to be met with a variety of transport issues after the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert on Saturday night.

The US rock band wrapped up at Accor Stadium “well after 11pm”, with Dave Chapelle’s comedy show finishing next door around the same time.

Members of the crowd claim getting home from Sydney Olympic Park was “a nightmare”, with bus services no longer running by the time the concert ended.

A number of taxi drivers were reportedly attempting to take advantage of the transport shortage by price gouging.

Craig Moran from Transport for NSW told Ray Hadley crowd numbers need to reach 50,000 before event organisers are encouraged to put on special bus services.

“Below that 50,000 [number], both the parking in the precinct and additional rail services can generally accommodate moving the crowds in and out.

“Saturday night was around 35,000 people at the concert.”

Press PLAY below to hear Ray’s chat with Craig Moran in full 

While Mr Moran insisted the crowds weren’t large enough to trigger the special bus services, a listener painted Ray a different story.

Dave wasn’t at the Red Hot Chilli Peppers concert on Saturday, but Dave Chapelle’s comedy show, where it’s estimated there was at least 15,000 people.

“[That] triggers the 50,000, so Craig Moran needs to revise this,” Ray said. “Craig, you need to be armed with the facts.

“I’m not suggesting you misspoke … but you said the trigger is 50,000.

“You had an obligation to say to the organisers of Dave Chapelle and also the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, ‘I’m sorry, we’ve reached the 50,000, we need to have special event buses’.”

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Ray: “So how did you eventually get home? Did you have to get the train, a bus, or did you walk?”

Dave: “Well, when we walked down, we got a taxi, he was already pre-booked. He said, ‘Give me $150 cash and I’ll take you home’.”

While Dave’s experience appears to have been shared by quite a few concert-goers that night, the NSW Taxi Council says the majority of drivers weren’t out to price gouge.

CEO Martin Rogers told Ray Hadley “a small number of drivers do tarnish the industry”.

“At the rank, we actually had people there, coordinating, so that activity didn’t happen,” he said. “Most of the activity which might’ve happened would’ve been off the rank.”

Press PLAY below to hear Martin Rogers’ advice for finding honest cabbies in the future 

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