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        2.3.3 Commercial Vehicle Servicing

        School management have advised that most servicing of the site is undertaken within the short-
        term parking area, generally outside of the morning and afternoon student drop-off / pick-up
        periods. Discussions with school management indicate that the existing servicing arrangements are
        sufficient to cater for the existing servicing demands of the school.

        2.3.4 Public Transport

        A bus set-down area with capacity for approximately five buses is provided on-site, as indicated in
        Figure 2.1. School management have advised that a total of seven school buses service Noosa
        Christian College, with two of these buses also servicing other schools in the surrounding area. The
        arrival and departure of buses is staggered to avoid exceeding the capacity of the bus set-down
        area and on-site observations indicate that the bus set-down area operates safely and efficiently.

        A public bus stop is located on Overlander Avenue approximately 400m north of the school site.
        This stop is serviced by Translink bus route 631, with services operating between Nambour Station
        and Noosa Junction Station approximately once every hour from 8:00am to 8:30pm on weekdays.

2.4     Existing Travel Behaviour
        A mode share survey was conducted in May 2021 to identify the travel behaviour of existing
        students at the school. A total of 151 responses were collected, which equates to a 53% response
        rate. The results of the mode share survey are summarised below, with detailed results attached in
        Appendix A.

        The survey indicates that 78% of students arrive and depart the school by private vehicle and 21%
        by bus, as shown in Figure 2.2. Active transport accounts for almost no student travel to and from
        the school. This is to be expected, given the location of the site and a lack of pedestrian / cyclist
        facilities on the surrounding road network (as discussed in Section 2.5.1). The proportion of
        students travelling to and from Noosa Christian College by private vehicle is 8% higher than at
        other primary schools surveyed by PTT, as demonstrated in Figure 2.3.

        The mode share survey was also used to obtain vehicle occupancy data for the school. The results
        indicate an average private vehicle occupancy of 1.7 students per vehicle.

        Figure 2.2:           STUDENT MODE SHARE SURVEY RESULTS




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