2019-06-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   11 JUNE 2019




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                  11 JUNE 2019

              Pressure sensors were installed at four car parks in the Hastings St precinct (Noosa Woods,
              Lions Park, Maze and National Park). They measured the volume of cars moving over the
              tubes against the number of car parks.
              The information collected from the pressure sensors was uploaded to readiness.io, which is a
              cloud based framework to store and manage real-time information. Information collected was
              able to instruct and inform all other points of intervention including:
                  e  Messages on the digital boards
                  e  Go Noosa WebApp and Native App
              With the introduction of the Bluetooth sensors at Easter, the readiness.io system allowed quick
              and easy integration in to the already existing data collected. This “Plug and Play” model was
              extremely efficient and reduced overall costs.
              A traffic, pedestrian and car parking occupancy survey was conducted on 3 January 2018 and
              again on 3 January 2019 in Noosa Heads and Noosa Junction.
              Data collected over 13.5 hours at the Noosa Drive approach to Hastings Street roundabout
              showed an increase in sustainable transport modes and a decrease in vehicles.
              Table 4: Mode Shift — 3 Jan 2018 & 3 Jan 2019
                                                     3 Jan 2018       3 Jan 2019 | Change in
                                                                                   Mode Shift

                      Pedestrians crossing                12,065          12,911

              The survey showed a significant increase in use of the Noosa Junction Transit Centre car park
              which is assumed to be due to the active promotion of Park & Ride.
              The same survey showed a 36% increase in foot traffic in Noosa Junction compared to the
              same time last year.
              Interestingly, Noosa Junction did not reach car parking capacity (measured as 85%
              occupancy), with areas like The J carpark below 40% occupancy.

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