2019-10-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  8 OCTOBER 2019


Potential initiatives                     TransLink feedback
Free weekend services for a 12-          Requires Ministerial approval and TransLink and
month trial in the 2020 calendar         Council would need to agree:
year for the 5 bus routes that are         the timeframes for the investment;
fully within Noosa Council area (or        the commitment period for funding from Council;
all 9 bus routes that operate within       KPIs to assess the success of the trial; and
the Noosa Council area should the          the communications strategy.
ticketing technology manage to           This would need to be agreed via the Minister’s office.
apportion free travel for those routes   TransLink are providing a quote for this by the end of
that operate into the adjoining          October 2019.
Sunshine Coast Regional Council          Important to note that the Go Card ticketing system
area).                                   does not permit TransLink to offer free trips only for
                                         trips within the Noosa Shire boundaries, where routes
                                         also operate outside of this area. Therefore, this can
                                         only be considered for the 5 bus routes which run
                                         entirely within the Noosa Council area.
Extend Tewantin to Boreen Point          Noosa Council to make written request to TMR for
FlexiLink services to Kin Kin            exemption to run the service under TOPTA.

Medium Term Initiatives
Potential initiatives                    TransLink draft comments
Improve bus services to Noosa Civic      This would be a significant network change with
as the Shire Business Centre             additional funding required.
                                         A project of this scale would need to be included in a
                                         future TransLink program for delivery.
                                         Network Planning can request a project as part of next
                                         year’s prioritisation however inclusion is subject to
                                         other state-wide pressures for both funding and
                                         resources.
                                         Network planning can commit to some joint planning
                                         activities with Council in the first half of 2020 to scope
                                         out and cost a change.
Provide service coverage to the          As per above.
urban area of Noosa Springs, Lake
Entrance Boulevard, Marcus Beach
and Peregian Beach outside of the
400m bus stop catchment
A more in-depth review of bus            As per above.
routes 630 (due to low patronage)
and 631 (due to high patronage).

Long Term Opportunities
Potential Initiatives                    TransLink draft comments
Noosa style electric bus fleet           TransLink is comfortable with Council discussing this
                                         with Transit Australia Group (Sunbus).
                                         TransLink would request that they are kept informed
                                         as operational and financial considerations are better
                                         understood.
Noosa Satellite Bus Depot (as an         Noosa Council to identify a list of potential sites.
enabler for a ‘Noosa style’ bus fleet)   TransLink to undertake a high-level investigation in the
                                         first half of 2020. The aim of the initial investigation
                                         would be to understand the scale of any network
                                         efficiencies, to determine if the initiative is worth
                                         progressing further.


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