2017-03-13 GC - Attachment 1 to Item 5 - Draft Transport Strategy 2017-2027

Priority Transport Lanes
A priority transport lane is designed to provide an express lane for sustainable transport modes
such as buses, bicycles, e-bicycles, electric vehicles etc.

Council received community feedback suggesting a priority transport lane along Noosa Parade.
A dedicated lane generally improves the speed and reliability for buses and operates during
peak hours. A priority transport lane could potentially make using sustainable transport (buses,
bikes etc.) a more attractive option than driving.



       In general our road network is pretty good. If you really want to get people out
    of cars and onto buses, scooters, bikes etc. do something very brave and replace
      the parallel parking with priority transit lanes for everything other than cars (e.g.
     Noosa Parade). You still have a problem however if you have two lane bridges –
                                    Your Say Respondent



Council will thoroughly investigate the feasibility of a priority transport lane (permanent or
temporary) on Noosa Parade.

As with any traffic solution, there are potential impacts and flow-on effects that would need to
be considered:

    •   limited space along Noosa Parade and the narrow bridges which create issues for
        merging traffic

    •   potential conflict between bicycle riders and bus stops

    •   the Noosa look and feel is very important and the installation of a priority transport lane
        would have to ensure the leafy green boulevard of Noosa Parade is retained

    •   loss of existing on-street parking.




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