2019-04-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   15 APRIL 2019




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   15 APRIL 2019

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     Queensland State School holidays and is also planning on further trials for Easter 2019.
     These trials are integrally linked into the Translink services. Refer
     https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/go-noosa

     Request:             Include commentary in 2.3.1 and 4.2.2 on visitor transport demand
                          challenge for regional tourism destinations such as Noosa.
                          Including an action to develop guidance for Local Government's facing
                          transport challenges associated with significant visitor
                          weekend/holiday transport task.
     Trial opportunity:   Explore further opportunities to work with Noosa Council on fully
                          integrated peak period transport services.

     4.2.2 Transport challenges in North Coast
     Travel preferences and mode competitiveness
     Council notes comments in the draft plan “... The proportion of public transport and active
     travel such as walking and cycling have either declined or remained stable at small mode
     shares over time”. Unfortunately, this comment appears to be made without reference to low
     levels of service and the corresponding Figure 17 focus on modes share for journey to work.
     As further detailed below, the peak period for congestion in Noosa is associated with
     weekend and holiday periods, therefore the mode share for journey to work is less
     impacting. This section should be broadened to understand mode share during both
     commuter and tourist peak periods and provide further analysis on why sustainable transport
     is not increasing.
     Early analysis of Noosa’s peak period traffic management trial, which includes Free Holiday
     Buses, saw almost 20,000 more passengers on the buses compared to the same period last
     year. This is evidence of the value of marketing and communication on high frequency bus
     services, such as the corridor between Tewantin and Noosa Junction.
     Request:             Amend section to include mode share of Noosa’s peak period and
                          provide further analysis of the ‘why’ and ‘how’ similar to the structure
                          of the ‘Employment travel patterns’ section.

     Reliance on private vehicles
     While section 4.2.2 Transport challenges in the North Coast region covers a number of valid
     transport challenges, the challenge of meeting peak weekend and holiday transport
     demands should also be included.
     Given the peak weekend and holiday transport challenge for Noosa, Council believes that
     there is a strong and unique opportunity for modal shift during these periods. The success of
     the recent “Go Noosa” trials with over 200,000 trips has demonstrated that many more
     people are willing to use public transport and in doing so help reduce traffic and parking
     demand during peak periods. An added aim is that a user’s positive experience during the
     holiday period will transfer to more public transport use in non-peak times.
     While the final results from the “Go Noosa’ trials are still being analysed, Council has
     reported that bus patronage from the 11-day period from 26 December to 5 January reached
     64,506 — almost 20,000 more than during the same period last year. We believe that both

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