2021-06-08 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA     8 JUNE 2021




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                     8 JUNE 2021

                -    It's great. All school holidays should have it.
                -    Start later in Dec and then include Australia Day (Staff comment: Service was 15 Dec — 26 Jan
                     and included Australia Day)
                -    *keep loop bus as permanent offering- very handy for shopping “fix congestion at Hastings
                     street big problem with buses often caught in gridlock *buses a bit crowded on weekends -
                     more services *need a bus that you can put your surfboard on the outside. *go Noosa bus
                     should operate every weekend all year generally for free
                -    Excellent service. Should include Gympie Tce. Free loop bus should run all year or at least
                     every school holidays.
                -    The loop service should run all year !! Even have it as a paid run !! Especially on weekends!! |
                     would definitely use it and happily pay !! It is great for the businesses as well
                -    Great service- should run all year
                -    We are returning in September school holidays and we hope this device is available again!
                -    Change the name and use it all year not just Easter for older travellers.
                Visitors (9 comments)
                -    | really loved the free busses. | used to live in Noosa and they were great. Now whenever |
                     visit | always use them
                -    My family were visiting from interstate and the buses made it easier for us to enjoy our days at
                     the beach
                -    Good service for visitors and locals
                -    Wonderful initiative, best proactive action from council to date. Guests love it!!
                -    Free buses are a blessing, only here for the holiday period come up from Brisbane every year
                     and don't use the car.
                -    Was used a lot by our family visiting from interstate as well as us (as locals).
                -    Keep it going. It’s made our visit so much better &
                -    It was an awesome feature to offer travellers. Met some lovely bus drivers. Offered lollipops!
                     One driver was speeding and | felt unsafe.
                -    Very useful for interstate travellers not renting cars or unable to secure one
                065 Loop Bus Route Suggestions (7 comments)
                -    Make the 065 go to Noosa junction bus station and also along Noosa river
                -    The loop bus should have a stop in Noosaville both for the convenience of Noosaville
                     residents and visitors as well as a way of highlighting Noosaville businesses and hospitality
                     venues.
                -    Yes! The park & ride bus should do a loop down Mary St and back to Weyba Rd before
                     stopping at William St. This caters for passengers who to stop at Woolworths etc in Mary St.
                -    Drivers were great Loop buses should go along the river, Mary st Thomas st Gympie Noosa
                     Go Loop buses should go in both directions around the loop, maybe a few extra temporary bus
                     stops You need to better promote it amounts the community, a lot of people don’t know about
                     them
                -    Would be good if the frequency was advertised like “every 15 or 30 minutes
                -    The 065 would be more utilised if it began and finished at Noosa junction and took in the extra
                     roundabouts at the shell and the pelican beach resort
                -    The 065 bus is lovely to ride on and you have organised your bus routes well. However |
                     recommend you adjust the bus schedules at the bus stops to have more of clearer visual
                     element and add 065 bus timetables to the 065 stop route
                  Staff comment: Noosa Junction & Noosaville are serviced every 15 minutes with the 626 & 627
                  bus service. The inclusion of Noosaville in the loop bus would increase the travel time of the loop
                  bus which would no longer be able to operate every 15 minutes
                Request for Car Parking Management e.g. paid parking or parking supply (7 comments)
                -    Provide less parking or make it paid to encourage mode shift. Provide secure bicycle parking
                     facilities to encourage riding.
                -    Thank you for a free bus ride. Park and ride is a great concept but is only really a benefit to the

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