2017-06-06 - S&O Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 1 - Noosa Transport Strategy 2017-2027

     Priority Transport Lanes
     A priority transport lane is designed to provide an express lane for sustainable transport modes such
     as buses, bicycles, e-bicycles, electric vehicles, etc.

     Council received community feedback suggesting a priority transport lane along Noosa Parade
     and/or Noosa Drive. A dedicated lane generally improves the speed and reliability for buses
     and operates during peak hours. An efficient priority transport lane could potentially make using
     sustainable transport (buses, bikes, etc.) a more attractive option than driving.


                      In general our road network is pretty good. If you really want to get people out
                     of cars and onto buses, scooters, bikes etc. do something very brave and replace
                     the parallel parking with priority transit lanes for everything other than cars (e.g.
                      Noosa Parade). You still have a problem however if you have two lane bridges –
                                                    Your Say Respondent


     Council will thoroughly investigate the feasibility of a priority transport lanes at suitable
     locations.

     As with any traffic solution, there are potential impacts and flow-on effects that would need to
     be considered:

         •    limited space and narrow bridges which create issues for merging traffic

         •    potential conflict between bicycle riders and buses

         •    maintaining the Noosa look and feel

         •    loss of existing on-street parking.




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