2020-07-07 S&O Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 - Go Noosa Initiatives Evaluation

Sample data collection of car parking in the Noosa Heads and Noosa Junction area as shown
below provides insight into the volumes of traffic entering the areas and the subsequent
demand on the traffic-control objectives.

The data suggests there may be have been a reduced demand for car parking in 2020 which
may indicate higher usage of public transport or is a result of external factors at the time.




Graph 4: All parking areas

An independent traffic engineer was onsite on the 3rd January sample day to monitor the
effectiveness of the traffic management plan. The Table below highlights the reduction in
vehicle queue length on Noosa Drive with the use of traffic control.

Table 5: Effectiveness of Traffic Control


                     3 Jan 2018          3 Jan 2019           3 Jan 2020
                     No        Traffic   Traffic Control in   Traffic Control in
                     control             operation            operation
 Queue length –      820m                500m                 510m
 Noosa Drive


The queue lengths recorded suggest that traffic control has an ability to reduce travel time and
congestion by approximately 40%.


Feedback:

The same traffic controllers have been engaged since 2018 and are becoming very adept at
responding to conditions in the Noosa Heads precinct.

Bus drivers appreciated the traffic control assistance in getting in and out of the Hastings street
precinct at what is a very busy and stressful time of year for bus drivers.