SEQ Council of Mayors transport campaign 2013

[ozbob]

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Council of Mayors ‏@SEQMayors 3 May

Help us spread the word SEQ! We're gathering support to get transport upgrades for all of South East Queensland: https://giveabeep.com.au

[ozbob]

Launch / media event is tomorrow.

Web site is crappy, one has to fish around like a maniac to extract the real info ...

Wish they just had a simple list of the pdfs etc ...

[ozbob]

Priority Name Suburbs 2 City Buslink Project

Location Convention Centre Bus Station, South Bank across the Brisbane River to Adelaide Street

Local Government Area Brisbane City Council
State and Federal Electorates State: Brisbane Central, South Brisbane Federal: Brisbane, Griffith
Overview Improve accessibility from the inner urban and suburban growth areas of Brisbane to the CBD and
emerging economic precincts of South Brisbane, Woolloongabba, Fortitude Valley, and Bowen Hills.
Current Situation  Workers and students find opportunities for work and study constrained by lack of accessibility.
 Strong job growth in the inner city precincts of South Brisbane, Woolloongabba, Fortitude
Valley and Bowen Hills, combined with strong inner urban and suburban population growth in
the south-east, is resulting in an increasing travel task.
 Lack of accessibility means that people may not be able to reasonably access jobs, schools,
shops and services, or they may miss out on cultural, recreational or social opportunities.
Benefits  Facilitate the development of key centres of economic and business activity while also having a
significant impact on the future shape of the city.
 Support more sustainable transport strategies and more accessible retail and commercial centres.
 Deliver bus, cycling and walking options that will together improve access and movement
within, to and from Brisbane's CBD

Brisbane Inner Rail Solution (Early Capacity Works)
Location Inner Brisbane rail system
Local Government Area Brisbane City Council
State and Federal Electorates State: South Brisbane, Brisbane Central Federal: Griffith, Brisbane
Overview The Brisbane Inner Rail Solution is a major program of works and initiatives to address inner city
capacity constraints in the existing rail system. The program will increase capacity on the inner
Brisbane rail network and unlock capacity across South East Queensland.
Current Situation  Inner city rail network is nearing capacity and is facing growth challenges.
 Both peak period and daily rail trips are forecast to more than double between 2009 and 2031.
 One CBD station caters for the majority of passengers.
 There is no dedicated rail freight network in SEQ with passenger and freight rail services
sharing the network.
The Brisbane Inner Rail Solution includes:
 Delivery of the early capacity works program – a package of value-for-money, short to medium
term solutions; and
 Delivery of the core Cross River Rail project between Yeerongpilly and Victoria Park (long term).
Benefits Early capacity works initiatives will increase capacity during the peak periods by:
 Providing passengers with more services during the shoulder peak periods;
 Minimising the time the train is stopped at a station;
 Optimising internal train capacity;
 Allowing more trains to run more safely and reliably on the existing network; and
 Increasing train services (up to the limit of the existing infrastructure).
Commonwealth Government
Investment Required To be confirmed
Estimated Project Cost To be confirmed
Council of Mayors (SEQ)
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[ozbob]

Appears the bridge option is back for the buses ..

[#Metro]

  They should beep off!

[SurfRail]

The Council of Mayors is largely an astroturf campaign for the BCC.  Paul Pisasale even pulled Ipswich out of it at one point it was that blatant.

[Fares_Fair]

So they define transport as just road upgrades ... 

[nathandavid88]

Here's the Brisbane Times story:

SEQ mayors name their transport wish-list
Date
May 7, 2013 - 1:39PM
Katherine Feeney
brisbanetimes.com.au urban affairs reporter and blogger

Commuter satisfaction is shaping up to be a major federal election issue as mayors prepare to lobby the government for more money to fund key transport infrastructure projects.

High-profile infrastructure projects like the Gateway Motorway widening, Brisbane's Inner Rail Solution – formerly Cross River Rail – and the Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade feature on a new southeast Queensland mayors wish-list 36 projects long.

But the pitch also dusts off some older schemes such as the Brisbane Urban Corridor – a series of road and rail links in the eight-kilometre corridor from Bulimba Creek, through the suburbs of Coopers Plains, Robertson, Nathan, MacGregor, Upper Mount Gravatt and Wishart.

The corridor project was proposed in 2007 by the state and federal governments. It carried an estimated cost of $260 million, was slated for completion in 2014/15 and was developed around the same time then-lord mayor Campbell Newman was progressing his TransApex transport plan.

Various stages of that plan, including the controversial Clem7, Airport Link and the Go Between Bridge have been completed, with the $1.5 billion joint federal and council funded Legacy Way toll tunnel nearing completion.

But it remains a low-priority project according to SEQ Council of Mayors chairman Councillor Graham Quirk who said an end to "a long-standing infrastructure backlog" required a focus on several key works.

Cr Quirk said the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing and upgrades to the Bruce, Cunningham and Pacific Highways were top priorities, though the Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade and extensions of the Eastern and Northern busways were most important to Brisbane.

The upgrades to Kingsford Smith Drive could be brought about by a deal with Queensland Investment Corporation and Queensland Motorways Limited still under negotiation. But Cr Quirk said Canberra couldn't leave infrastructure upgrades to the private sector.

"We know that money is tight but we want to make sure southeast Queensland's infrastructure projects are at the forefront of the major political parties minds ahead of the September election," he said.

Cr Quirk said everyone stood to benefit from better transport infrastructure, hence the launch of the group's "give a beep" campaign in support of the wish-list.

Running for a month the campaign enables residents in electorates where key projects are proposed to register their support via a website.

Cr Quirk said a strong community response would improve council's bargaining power when fighting for federal funding.

"It is as easy as logging onto the 'give a beep' website and hitting the 'beep' button at the top of the screen to show support for transport upgrades in SEQ," he said.

"We want Canberra to commit to key transport upgrades that will reduce congestion, boost local business' productivity and ultimately create more jobs in local communities."

The federal budget is due to be handed down next Tuesday and the Queensland state budget will follow in June along with the Brisbane City Council's budget. The individual budgets will reveal the shape of short-term infrastructure spending.

Last year, the newly elected LNP government costed over half a billion dollars worth of capital outlays from the transport budget for the Brisbane region, including $3 million to fund an early works package on the Northern Busway, and $25.325 million for lane widening at Gateway Motorway North – projects on the South East Queensland Mayors' wish-list.

The Federal Government has already committed $125 million to the Gateway Motorway, part of which will fund planning for the upgrade of the Gateway Motorway North.

Meanwhile the state transport department is "currently revising the long-term planning" for the Eastern and Northern busway expansions.

Key projects affecting the Brisbane City Council area


Gateway Motorway North

Widen the motorway from four to six lanes from Nudgee to the Deagon Deviation and widen the Deagon Deviation between Depot Road and Bracken Ridge Road to provide two lanes in each direction to reduce congestion and improve traffic safety and efficiency on the motorway.

Seats: Lilley, Petrie

Kingsford Smith Drive Upgrade

Between Riverview Terrace and Theodore Street (Stage 2)

Kingsford Smith Drive is an increasingly important link to improving the competitiveness of the Australia TradeCoast (ATC) precinct which is expected to be the second largest employment centre in southeast Queensland (SEQ) after the Brisbane CBD. The Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade will enable growth in the trade and industrial areas and improve access to the air and sea ports.

Seats: Lilley, Brisbane

Brisbane Inner Rail Solution (Early Capacity Works)

The Brisbane Inner Rail Solution (early capacity works) is a major program of works and initiatives to address inner city capacity constraints in the existing rail system. The program will increase capacity on the inner Brisbane rail network and unlock capacity across southeast Queensland.

Seats: Moreton, Griffith, Brisbane

Suburbs 2 City Buslink

Improve accessibility from the inner-urban and suburban growth areas of Brisbane to the CBD and emerging economic precincts of South Brisbane, Woolloongabba, Fortitude Valley, and Bowen Hills.

Seats: Brisbane, Griffith

Brisbane Urban Corridor

A series of road and rail links in the 8km corridor from Bulimba Creek, through the suburbs of Coopers Plains, Robertson, Nathan, MacGregor, Upper Mount Gravatt and Wishart. The Brisbane Urban Corridor forms part of the broader Brisbane Transport Netword and provides connections to other strategic road and rail corridors.

Seats: Moreton, Bonner

Redland City to Port of Brisbane Corridor

Will link the major residential growth areas in Brisbane's south east and Redlands to the Australia TradeCoast (ATC) precinct.

Seat: Bonner

Redland City - Gateway Motorway Corridor

Improve the freight and transport corridor that joins Redland City Council to the Gateway Motorway, from the intersection of Mount Gravatt-Capalaba and Mount Cotton Roads through to the intersection of Duncan, Boundary and Redland Bay Roads.

Seat: Bowman, Bonner

Brisbane Inner Rail Solution (Core Cross River Rail)

The Brisbane Inner Rail Solution (core Cross River Rail) involves construction of two running tunnels from Yeerongpilly in the south to Victoria Park in the north, under the CBD and Brisbane River, four new underground stations at Woolloongabba, Boggo Road, Albert Street and Roma Street and connections to the existing northern and southern rail network. Cross River Rail will address the inner city capacity constraints of the 300 km southeast Queensland rail network, meaning more people from the entire region can access the inner city and CBD by train.

Seats: Moreton, Griffith, Brisbane

Darra to Springfield Rail Extension (to Redbank Plains)

Increase public transport in the western corridor and reduce the number of vehicles on the Centenary Highway. Extending the rail line through to Redbank Plains will further improve accessibility to public transport for significant urban growth areas of Redbank Plains, Bellbird Park and more of Springfield.

Seat: Oxley

Brisbane TransitWays - Northern and Eastern

Extend the Eastern Busway from Coorparoo to Capalaba and the Northern Busway from Kedron to Bracken Ridge to improve bus travel and support the growing communities across the northern and eastern suburbs of Brisbane and Redlands.

Seats: Lilley, Petrie, Bowman, Bonner, Griffith

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/seq-mayors-name-their-transport-wishlist-20130507-2j4x5.html#ixzz2SZldRG8h

[ozbob]

Enabling Legacy Way for buses and putting back some bus lanes would be a cost effective start Quirky ...

Chances of Feds funding in reality (not promises) is remote ..

[HappyTrainGuy]

and the Northern Busway from Kedron to Bracken Ridge to improve bus travel and support the growing communities across the northern and eastern suburbs of Brisbane

Oh for f**ks sake!!! Who are these bloody d**kheads that keep bringing this damn thing back! Just fix the bloody feeder bus network and pump services into the railway line. Fix the Gympie Road corridor! 330/331/332/333/340/341/370/375/376 and they can't have a simple running pattern or actually use busway stops (Turro street is a huuuuuuuuuuuge example of the problems in that corridor. GET RID OF THE EXPRESS BUSES!). Fix up Chermside so the 330/335/340 don't block the entire interchange because of parked buses waiting for inbound 333/370 runs. Build that damn Norris Road extension and hurl local feeders into the railway line at Carseldine. The capacity is there. The entire capacity of the 330/331 in peak hour can be put onto 2-3 trains. How about linking Sandgate to Strathpine with 1 route. How about actually running bus routes where they usually terminate (I'm look at you 327). 330/331 are constantly shadowing each other to the point where they delay each other. Busways do not work on the northside because of the proxminity of the Shorncliffe Caboolture and future NWTC. God damnit i'm sick of these stupid northern busway ideas! Bracken Ridge is potentially faster by train. Bracken Ridge shouldn't even have a buz to the city route. 340/P341 during peak hour used to be slower than the train to the point where a passenger could catch the train to Carseldine railway station and then hop on a 340 inbound but they stuffed that up for anyone that used to do it by making the transfer penality worse (now departs just as the train arrives). Eatons Hill/Brendale is the same. Train to Strathpine + inbound bus used to and still can be faster than a one seat trip from the city. ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUES! Useless bloody wankers!

[ozbob]

[HappyTrainGuy]

Haha. I'm just sick and tired of the northern busway roaring back when its to solve issues that are made because they don't want to modify their own network.

[ozbob]

Yes,  all crazy really ...

I am sure rail is in there in attempt to ' legitimise ' in the minds of eye of some ..

Yet to see a BCC Councillor acknowledge anything other than roads and busways to every where ....

They are just grandstanding ...    if they were fair dinkum, bus lanes and enabling Legacy Way for the ' 2000 express buses daily ' would be the real evidence ...

They can do the Swan Lake Ballet in the Brisbane Town Hall, probably has more meaning ...

[somebody]

Extend the Eastern Busway from Coorparoo to Capalaba and the Northern Busway from Kedron to Bracken Ridge to improve bus travel and support the growing communities across the northern and eastern suburbs of Brisbane and Redlands.

Surely they should link up the missing bit in the Northern Busway first.

[ozbob]

Three real major priorities at the moment:

1. Sort the bus network

2. Bus Link

3. Cross River Rail

Rest is meaningless until those addressed ...

[ozbob]

Extend the Eastern Busway from Coorparoo to Capalaba and the Northern Busway from Kedron to Bracken Ridge to improve bus travel and support the growing communities across the northern and eastern suburbs of Brisbane and Redlands.

Surely they should link up the missing bit in the Northern Busway first.

Indeed ...

[HappyTrainGuy]

Extend the Eastern Busway from Coorparoo to Capalaba and the Northern Busway from Kedron to Bracken Ridge to improve bus travel and support the growing communities across the northern and eastern suburbs of Brisbane and Redlands.

Surely they should link up the missing bit in the Northern Busway first.

I'd thought having the current buses actually using the 2 brand spanking new busway stops would have been first....

(Federation and Turro street stops).

[SurfRail]

Interesting to see where different Councils' priorities are.

The GCCC wishlist seems to be:

- Duplicate the remaining single track stretch of the railway south of Beenleigh and build in-fill stations
- Elanora extension
- 3 rapid transit extensions from Griffith Uni west to Parkwood and north to Biggera Waters, and from Broadbeach south to Nobby Beach (ie the 2 extensions GoldlinQ has offered to build plus the Olsen Avenue line to Harbour Town).
- Bikeway upgrades

[Jonno]

There's that stuck in a time warp feeling again...mean while the rest of the world celebrating/awarding innovate transport programs... http://2013.internationaltransportforum.org/awards

[ozbob]

Media release 8 May 2013



SEQ:  "Give a Beep" Campaign has the wrong priorities

RAIL Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport passengers says the SEQ Council of Mayors "Give a Beep" Campaign (https://giveabeep.com.au) is out of touch and out of place. More focus on public and active transport is really needed.

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"In the 21st century, no leader of a city or region today would seriously think that a road upgrade program would in any way or form deliver either faster or safer transport.  Across the world cities have learnt their lesson from trying to out build congestion by building roads (1,2,3,4), are investing in cycling, walkability, mixed used neighbourhoods, public transit and freight rail and reaping the rewards (5,6,7,8,9,10,11,16)."

"The cost of keeping our cities running is sending our Government's bankrupt with services continually being reduced to just maintain inefficient and ineffective infrastructure and a ever a growing financial burden being left to our children (12, 17). Further, the cost of road trauma is estimated at $40 billion a year (15)."

"Australia is today ranked as one of the fattest nations in the developed world with the prevalence of obesity in Australia more than doubling in the past 20 years (13). Active and public transport can play a significant role in reversing this trend (14)".

"The OECD's International Transport Forum, an international strategic think tank for transport policy has shortlisted 4 finalists for the their 2013 Transport Achievement Award from 11 semi-final programs all which have a walking, cycling or public transport focus. Not a Road Upgrade Program to be seen for miles (16)."

"Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, published their biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact - One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss -(17).

"Generation Y - those born in the 1980s and '90s - just don't seem to care as much about driving as the generations that came before them with Facebook, Twitter and text messages giving them new ways to connect. Freedom and identity can now be found in mobiles not motor cars (18)."

"Yet in SEQ our civil leaders are focused on building more roads, protecting inefficient and ineffective bus routes and pushing vital public transport projects onto the back burner.  The end result is declining public transport usage at a time when patronage is skyrocketing across the world (19)."

"If the SEQ Council of Mayors truly want to provide safer and faster transport then they need to throw away the transport ideologies of the 1960's and adopt transport planning approaches that focus more on cycling, walkability, mixed used neighbourhoods, public transit and freight rail."

Contact:

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

1.   The Fundamental Law of Road Congestion: Evidence from US Cities - http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/aer.101.6.2616
2.   Why new roads do not alleviate congestion  - olafstorbeck.blogstrasse2.de/?p=1437
3.   Road to Nowhere or on Track to the Future - www.ara.net.au/UserFiles/file/Media Releases/11-08-09 Press Club Launch a Road to No-Where or on Track to the Future.pdf
4.   The Road to a Stand Still - theage.drive.com.au/roads-and-traffic/the-road-to-a-standstill-20130414-2hter.html
5.   The Economic Case for Rail Subsidies - http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/03/economic-case-rail-subsidies/5007/
6.   A New Movement for The New City: The Problem With Cars - http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/big-city/130786/new-movement-new-city-problem-cars?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=hootsuite_tweets
7.   Fixing a Secret Cause of Urban Traffic - http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/02/delivery-trucks-secret-cause-urban-traffic/4653/
8.    Shift to Rail Could Alleviate Costs of Congestion - http://gorail.org/wp-content/uploads/UMR-GoRail1.pdf
9.   How to Make Suburbs Work Like Cities - http://urbanland.uli.org/Articles/2013/Feb/RiggsSuburbs#.URlkIgnHXXU.twitter
10.   Place Capital: Re-connecting Economy With Community - http://www.pps.org/blog/place-capital-re-connecting-economy-with-community/
11.   Benefits of Walkable Cities - http://www.icic.org/connection/blog-entry/blog-planning-to-walk
12.   Costs of Sprawl Series - http://www.originalgreen.org/blog/costs-of-sprawl---the-speed.html and http://www.originalgreen.org/blog/cheapways.html
13.   Obesity in Australia - http://www.modi.monash.edu.au/obesity-facts-figures/obesity-in-australia/
14.    Can public transport "solve" the obesity epidemic? - http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2010/10/14/can-public-transport-%E2%80%9Csolve%E2%80%9D-the-obesity-epidemic/
15.   Road Trauma is Breaking the Nation - http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?action=articles;sa=view;article=3
16.    The OECD International Transport Forum, an international strategic think tank for transport policy has shortlisted 4 finalist for the their 2013 Transport Achievement Award - http://2013.internationaltransportforum.org/awards
17.   One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss - grist.org/list/one-mile-on-a-bike-is-a-42-economic-gain-to-society-one-mile-driving-is-a-20-loss
18.   Mobile rush means Gen Y is no longer reaching for the cars - http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/mobile-rush-means-gen-y-is-no-longer-reaching-for-the-cars-20130309-2fsej.html
19.   SEQ TransLink March 2013 Performance Data - http://translink.com.au/resources/about-translink/reporting-and-publications/open-data/2013-mar-snapshot.pdf

[ozbob]

The Council of Mayors is largely an astroturf campaign for the BCC.  Paul Pisasale even pulled Ipswich out of it at one point it was that blatant.

Yes, should be renamed BCC Mayor's Transport Campaign ....

[ozbob]

http://www.seqmayors.qld.gov.au/News/?id=120

[ozbob]

Twitter

Mayor Karen Williams Mayor Karen Williams ‏@CrKarenWilliams 10 May

#GiveABeep about road safety upgrades! Show Federal Candidates you do too https://giveabeep.com.au

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[ozbob]

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Council of Mayors ‏@SEQMayors 24m

SEQ Mayors say key SEQ transport upgrades have fallen through the cracks. Read more here: http://bit.ly/113TBkp

[ozbob]

Brisbanetimes --> Mayors push for cross river rail

[minbrisbane]

The evil bus tunnel is on that list, and unless my eyes mislead me... CRR isn't.  Only the early capacity works.

[Fares_Fair]

I note that CAMCOS (Beerwah to Maroochydore) is costed at $3.12 billion.

Landsborough to Nambour is costed at $2.0 billion and achieves far more for the enablement of longer freight trains and improved journeys up to Townsville/Cairns.