2020-03-10 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    10 MARCH 2020


b)    Patronage

The Go Noosa Loop bus carried a total of 42,263 passengers over the holiday period. Refer table
below on available bus passenger numbers over the Christmas holiday period between 15
December 2019 and 27 January 2020. (Council is still awaiting on data to be supplied by TransLink
for the other services).

 Route                                                                  2018/19             2019/20
                                                                Total Passenger     Total Passenger
                                                                           Trips               Trips
 Route 626 Tewantin to Sunrise Beach via Noosa Heads                      76,450                TBA
 Route 627 Tewantin to Sunshine Beach via Noosa Heads                     70,172                TBA
 Route 629 Tewantin to Noosa Junction via Noosa Civic                     21,266                TBA
 Route 628 Noosa Parklands to Noosa Junction, via Noosa                   16,709                TBA
 Civic
 Route 064 Peregian Beach to Noosa Heads temporary bus                    15,087              13,114
 Route 632 Noosa to Cooran via Cooroy and Pomona                           4,153                TBA
 Route 065 Go Noosa Loop bus                                                    -             42,263

c)    Customer Feedback

Council received customer feedback on the loop bus service from a number of sources including
facebook, surveys, and customers making contact with Council.

Comments received regarding the loop bus service were favourable with many requesting the
service be continued.

d)    Cost

The costs for the 064 and the 065 routes are fully cost priced to Council as these are additional
services operating in the existing contract area.

The other five scheduled services are charged on a much lower ‘loss of revenue’ basis and do not
provide a relative financial comparison.

The cost estimate from TransLink to operate the loop bus service over the Easter holiday period is
$51,082 as described in the Finance section below.

e)    Operational Matters

No significant operational matters were experienced during the Christmas holiday trials however
an initial evaluation of the Park & Ride site indicates that there was not a significant uptake in use
of the Noosa AFL grounds as a Park and Ride location. The customer survey results show that
people are choosing to walk to their nearest bus stop or park at other locations along the route.
Nonetheless, given the forecast long term visitor growth and the future reduction of car parking at
Noosa Junction (due to the redevelopment of the Coles site) it is proposed to continue to promote
the Park & Ride facility at the Noosa AFL grounds.




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