2021-07-06 S&O Agenda - Item 11 - Attachment 2 - Noosa Cycling and Walking Strategy and Implementation Plan

 Planning the bike riding and walking network
 Network planning                                                   Hierarchy                  Description/ Function
 The bike riding and walking network plans provide the                                        Principal transport
 “blueprints” to identify how routes across Noosa are                                         Routes connecting higher order destinations such
 intended to function and link together. These plans have                                     as town centres, employment hubs, public transport,
 been developed considering:                                                                  major sport and recreation facilities, major tourist
 •    Key characteristics of typical bike riding and walking                                  attractors and adjacent local government areas.
      user groups, including vulnerable, families, commuters                                  Asset management plan hierarchy level 1.
      and recreation/sports users.                                                            Principal recreation
 •    Distances people are typically willing to walk to reach                                 Scenic, high quality recreation routes of regional
      certain types of destinations. For example, up to                                       significance such as along the Noosa River route and
      ~400m to access local facilities and up to ~1,200m to                                   the coastal pathway.
      access regional facilities and the time it takes people
      to cycle a typical trip distance (e.g. 2km: ~6mins, 3km:
      ~9mins, 5km: ~15mins). These travel times could be
                                                                   T                          Asset management plan hierarchy level 1.

                                                                                              Secondary transport
                                                                                              Routes connecting lower order destinations such as
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      vastly improved if using an e-bike, which results in                                    local centres, schools, district sport and recreation
      larger areas being potentially accessible by bike.                                      parks.
 •    Improving access to the 16 centres identified in Noosa                                  Asset management plan hierarchy level 2.
      Plan 2020 including Noosa Junction, Cooroy, Tewantin
      and Pomona, as well as other major attractors such
                                                                                              Secondary recreation
      as sport and recreation facilities, community facilities,                               Longer distance routes targeted at confident/sports
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      schools and tourist destinations.                                                       cyclists for training and recreation.
 •    Achieving the bike riding and walking related                                           Asset management plan hierarchy level 2.
      objectives identified in the Noosa Plan 2020 and Local
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      Plan codes.
                                                                                              Local
 •    Improving connectivity to existing bike riding and                                      Routes connecting local destinations such as
      walking trails and trail heads.                                                         neighbourhood/residential centres, parks and
                                                                                              community facilities. These are also used for
                                                                                              recreational purposes.
                                                                                              Asset management plan hierarchy level 3/4.
 Bike riding network plan
                                                                                             Trail
                                                                                              Lower order recreation routes used by mountain
 Hierarchy
                                                                                              bike riders (and often bush-walkers/hikers). They are
 A bike riding route hierarchy was developed to assist                                        typically gravel or sand tracks.
 in defining standards and desirable management
 characteristics across the network. Table 11 presents the
 bike riding network hierarchy categories and definitions.                                    Trail connector
                                                                                              Routes which connect to trail heads, could require
                                                                                              low standard infrastructure (eg a gravel track).



                                                                  Table 12: Bike riding hierarchy


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