2019-10-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   8 OCTOBER 2019




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                           8 OCTOBER 2019

                1.     Public transport is the responsibility of the Department of Transport and Main Roads and is regulated
                       within a framework of transport legislation.
                Ds     Translink is a division of DTMR that has responsibility for administering DTMR'’s functions within the
                       passenger transport legislative framework.
               3.      The legislation primarily regulates any services that would be considered ‘public passenger services’,
                       which may include a bus services, ferry services, taxi services, fixed track vehicle services, aircraft
                       services, limousine services and booked hire vehicle services (such as Uber).
               4.      There is very limited scope of services that are outside the scope of ‘public passenger services’ and
                       which would avoid regulation under the legislation. However, even those services should only be
                       undertaken in consultation with, and with the approval of, DTMR.
               5:      Public transport service performance is monitored by DTMR in a number of ways, including through
                       public feedback (which may be directly through the Translink feedback options, or potentially from
                       industry groups or local governments with a vested interest in public transport service improvement).
               6.      In many situations, Translink partners with local governments to improve services and provide
                       additional services which the local government (or the public) may have identified as lacking within its
                       community.
               7.      Council may seek out a positive partnership model with Translink to drive service change or transport
                       infrastructure development.
               8.      Council is currently undertaking a public transport review process, which may provide an opportunity
                       for Council to instigate discussions with DTMR about the future of public transport in Noosa having
                       regard to any service deficiencies and what change to the services, or alternative services, would
                       assist in addressing those deficiencies.

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