2020-07-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE AGENDA                                                                                                            7 JULY 2020


Table 1: Go Noosa Initiatives and Evaluation Summary
                                                Key Indicators and                                                                               Year on Year
 Initiative       Initiative Summary                                            2019/2020 Data                   2018/2019 Data
                                                     Targets                                                                                     Assessment
Free Buses    Free TransLink bus services      Maintain/Increase the        20% bus patronage               41% bus patronage             Free buses met
              from the 14 December 2019         uptake of free holiday        increase over                    increase over                  targets (Behaviour
              to 27 January 2020                buses usage over peak         Christmas/New Year               Christmas/New Year             Change Plan, Social
                                                holiday period compared       holiday period year on           holiday period year on         Deck – target of 20%
               Route 626 – Tewantin to
                                                to previous years.            year.                            year.                          increase year on
                Sunrise Beach via Noosa
                                               Number and percentage        Total of 245,096                Total of 203,837               year).
                Heads
                                                reduction in private          passenger bus trips.             passenger bus trips.          Increase in visitation,
               Route 627 – Tewantin to
                                                vehicles at Noosa Drive      6% increase in private          2% decrease in private         however decreased
                Sunshine Beach via Noosa
                                                approach to Hastings St       vehicle use (on                  vehicle use (on                queue lengths
                Heads
                                                roundabout                    measured day (3 Jan)             measured day (3 Jan)          Increase in private
               Route 628 – Noosa
                                                                              for Noosa Drive).                for Noosa Drive).              vehicle use but
                Parklands to Noosa
                                                                             70% of survey                   67% of survey                  feedback from key
                Junction, via Noosa Civic
                                                                              respondents would                respondents would              stakeholders that the
               Route 629 – Tewantin to                                                                                                       traffic was ‘managed
                                                                              have driven a car or             have driven a car or
                Noosa Junction via Noosa                                                                                                      the best it has ever
                                                                              been a passenger in a            been a passenger in a
                Civic                                                                                                                         been’.
                                                                              car if the buses had not         car if the buses had not
               Route 632 – Noosa to                                          been free                        been free                     Met several of the
                Cooran via Cooroy and
                                                                             94% of survey                   94% of survey                  desired outcomes in
                Pomona                                                                                                                        the Noosa Transport
                                                                              respondents were                 respondents were
              Additional Services:                                            either very satisfied            either very satisfied          Strategy 2017 -2027
                                                                              (74%) or satisfied               (70%) or satisfied            065 Loop Bus - first
               Temporary 064 – Peregian
                                                                              (20%) with their bus             (24%) with their bus           time to offer a free
                – Noosa Heads Shuttle
                                                                              trip.                            trip.                          evening bus service.
                Bus
                                                                             The main reason                 The main reason                Due to TransLink
               Temporary 065 Go Noosa
                                                                              people caught a free             people caught a free           contract requirements
                Loop Service
                                                                              bus was to avoid traffic         bus was to avoid traffic       unable to obtain
                                                                              and congestion, and              and congestion, and            breakdown of service
                                                                              because it is difficult to       because it is difficult to     by hour. Further
                                                                              find a car park.                 find a car park.               negotiation/evaluation
                                                                                                                                              required.
                                                                                                                                             Bushfires may have
                                                                                                                                              impacted overall data.




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