2019-06-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    11 JUNE 2019


Table 1: Go Noosa Initiatives and Evaluation Summary
Initiative      Initiative Summary            Key Indicators and Targets            Data / Information                                 Assessment

Free Buses      Free TransLink bus services    Increase the uptake of free           41% patronage increase over                   Free buses met targets.
                from 15 December 2018 to         holiday buses usage over peak           Christmas/New Year holiday period.
                28 January 2019 and 6 to 28      holiday period by 20%,
                April 2019:                      compared to previous years.           33% patronage increase over Easter
                                                                                         holiday period.
                 Route 626 – Tewantin to     Number and percentage
                   Sunrise Beach via Noosa       reduction in private vehicles in      Total of 296,633 passenger bus trips.
                   Heads                         congestion hot spots at peak          2% reduction in private vehicle use (on
                                                 periods                                 measured day for Noosa Drive).
                 Route 627 – Tewantin to
                   Sunshine Beach via Noosa  Number and percentage                   64% of survey respondents would have
                   Heads                       increase in public transport use          driven a car if the buses had not been
                                               in Noosa                                  free
                 Route 628 – Noosa
                   Parklands to Noosa                                                  95% of survey respondents either very
                   Junction, via Noosa Civic                                             satisfied or satisfied with their bus trip.
                 Route 629 – Tewantin to                                             The main reason people caught a free
                   Noosa Junction via Noosa                                              bus was to avoid traffic and congestion,
                   Civic                                                                 convenience and because it is difficult to
                 Route 632 – Noosa to                                                  find a car park.
                   Cooran via Cooroy and
                   Pomona
                Additional Service:
                 Temporary Shuttle Bus
                   064 – Peregian – Noosa
                   Heads




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