Article: Tomorrow’s transport needs (Moreton Bay Regional Council)

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From Moreton Liveing June 2010 click here!

Tomorrow's transport needs

Tomorrow's transport needs

It is no secret that more and more people are choosing to live in South-East Queensland – or the fact that many of them are being drawn to the wonderful lifestyle on offer in our own Moreton Bay region.

In growth areas such as ours, effective transportation networks and services are essential to help meet the future access and lifestyle needs of the community. Moreton Bay Regional Council is already well advanced when it comes to transportation planning. We're reviewing our access needs now and identifying what will be required in the future – and this information will help drive our new Integrated Local Transport Plan (ILTP.

This plan will take a holistic approach to transport issues and will help council make choices that sustain economic growth, conserve the environment and support the quality of life of current and future generations.

Some of the principles of the ILTP are:

• the integration of infrastructure and services for walking, cycling, passenger transport, rail and road to create an interconnected and coordinated transport system
• maintaining and enhancing existing transport infrastructure and services before constructing new infrastructure
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  considering the "whole of life" economic, social and environmental consequences of options sharing the benefits and costs of the transport system equitably within and across current and future generations.
• identifying preferred locations and staging for development and preserving transport corridors to service future generations.

A draft of the plan will be released towards the end of the year.

To support the ILTP, council is also developing a strategic transport model to predict car, public transport and freight travel levels to the year 2031 and beyond.

The model will forecast travel within the region as well as trips into neighbouring council areas, based on land use, demographic scenarios and growth assumptions for the region. Once complete, it will help council plan to provide transport facilities, infrastructure and networks acceptable to the local community.

Public transport trends and predicted requirements will also be discussed with State Government agencies responsible for the provision of transport services.

Besides the Integrated Local Transport Plan, council is also actively assisting the State Government with its South-East Queensland Integrated Regional Transport Plan (IRTP) and the Moreton Integrated Transport Study (MITS.

The IRTP – also called Connecting Queensland 2031 – specifies the State's planned investment in, and management of, transport infrastructure in South-East Queensland 2031.

The Moreton Integrated Transport Study provides greater detail of the State Government's planned investment and management of its transport systems within the Moreton Bay region and between our neighbouring local governments. A draft of the MITS should be available before December 2010.

The transport planning that Moreton Bay Regional Council is undertaking today will shape the projects and facilities of tomorrow – and help make sure our Moreton Bay region remains an accessible and attractive place to live and work.

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The model will forecast travel within the region as well as trips into neighbouring council areas, based on land use, demographic scenarios and growth assumptions for the region. Once complete, it will help council plan to provide transport facilities, infrastructure and networks acceptable to the local community.

Public transport trends and predicted requirements will also be discussed with State Government agencies responsible for the provision of transport services.

Besides the Integrated Local Transport Plan, council is also actively assisting the State Government with its South-East Queensland Integrated Regional Transport Plan (IRTP) and the Moreton Integrated Transport Study (MITS.

Maybe Jonno has a comment on this? There is a problem here. They vary together to some degree.
A place with a good public transport system is going to be more appealing than a place does not. As a PT system develops and grows, demand will be induced through the Mohring effect as frequencies improve. And also, forecasting a trend is a bit passive. A future intervention (i.e. policy change to improve PT) can make the forecast deviate from expected.

How do they deal with this?

[Jon Bryant]

The model will forecast travel within the region as well as trips into neighbouring council areas, based on land use, demographic scenarios and growth assumptions for the region. Once complete, it will help council plan to provide transport facilities, infrastructure and networks acceptable to the local community.

Public transport trends and predicted requirements will also be discussed with State Government agencies responsible for the provision of transport services.

Besides the Integrated Local Transport Plan, council is also actively assisting the State Government with its South-East Queensland Integrated Regional Transport Plan (IRTP) and the Moreton Integrated Transport Study (MITS.

Maybe Jonno has a comment on this? There is a problem here. They vary together to some degree.
A place with a good public transport system is going to be more appealing than a place does not. As a PT system develops and grows, demand will be induced through the Mohring effect as frequencies improve. And also, forecasting a trend is a bit passive. A future intervention (i.e. policy change to improve PT) can make the forecast deviate from expected.

How do they deal with this?

Same old problem.  It looks to predict requirements not set targets thus the plan will be road oriented/biased.  All these plans need to set a combined public and active transport target/goal of 50-60% and the determine the infrastructure/services/land form, etc, required