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

Hastings Street Drop-off zone

A two minute drop-off zone was installed in the car parks near the Hastings Street bus
interchange. The purpose of the drop off zone was to allow people to drop off bulky items and
passengers close to the beach. Drop off zone indicated by green pin in image below.




                              Image 3: Hastings Street Drop Off

Operational effectiveness:

Feedback obtained showed that many people (62%) chose to park or walk to their nearest
bus stop, known anecdotally as “Hide and Ride” rather than make use of dedicated Park &
Ride locations. The other locations included parking in Pomona, Tewantin, Noosa Parade
and behind Aldi shopping centre.
The use of “Hide and Ride” provides insight into future considerations for introducing
additional parking supply.

The two-minute drop off zone was well utilised but the start time of 9am may need to be
adjusted to 8am.

Data obtained:

30% of survey respondents indicated that they used the dedicated Park & Ride locations. Of
those that used the dedicated Park & Ride locations;
           • 25% used the Noosa AFL grounds,
           • 23% used the Noosa Junction Transit Centre,
           • 10% Noosa Junction (other),
           • 6% The J, and
           • 35% used other locations.

The survey on 3 Jan 2020 highlighted that car parking use at Noosa Junction was nearing
85% capacity which is an increase on previous years as depicted in the graph below.