Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey

[ozbob]

http://sydney.edu.au/business/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/72397/TOPS-data-1006.pdf

Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies–Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS) Quarter 2, June 2010

Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies–Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS) Quarter 2, June 2010

Highlights

• In the June 2010 quarter, one in five Australians nominated either transport (8%) or infrastructure (10%) as one of the two highest priority issues in Australia today.

• Over half of Australians (53%) said the highest priority issue for transport in Australia is public transport improvements, more than double who said road improvements were the highest transport priority (22%).

• One in five Australians (20%) think transport in their local area improved in the last year, similar to the previous quarter. There was little change compared to the previous quarter for NSW and Victoria residents.

• Only one in five Australians (21%) think transport in their local area will be better in one year's time, with about half thinking it will be unchanged. NSW became even more negative, with 31% of residents (up from 27% last quarter) saying transport in their local area will get worse, Queensland residents became more positive (27%, up from 23%) and SA residents became more polarised.

• The TOPS Index shows that in the June 2010 quarter Australians were slightly more confident about transport in Australia in one year's time and slightly less confident about transport in Australia in five years time, compared to the previous quarter.

• A quarter of Australians (26%) think transport in Australia will be better in one year's time than now, while slightly more (27%) think it will be worse, similar to the previous quarter. NSW residents, while still the least confident of any state, were more positive than the previous quarter. Queensland residents were also more positive than the previous quarter.

• Australians are more confident that transport in Australia will be better in five years than in one year, with almost half (45%) thinking transport in Australia will be better in five years, similar to the previous quarter. But there were major changes in confidence about future transport in Australia by state. WA residents had a major decline in confidence, with 32% (up from 20% last quarter) thinking transport in Australia will be worse in five years. However Queensland residents became more confident and NSW residents, still the least confident of any state, were more positive than the previous quarter.

• 57% of Australians think their state government is most responsible for transport, an increase compared to the previous quarter.

• 42% of Australians think the private sector should be involved more in the provision of public transport, while 31% think the private sector should be involved less, similar to the previous quarter. In the June 2010 quarter, Victoria was the only state where more

[Stillwater]

Excellent set of statistics.  No doubt the back room boys and girls at the political parties will be disecting this lot, even down to the electorate level if possible.  Particularly telling is that almost 60 per cent of people think state governments have primary responsibility for public transport.  And they do.  That makes Anna and John-Paul rabbits in the spotlight in the lead-up to the state election. The public just needs to offer constructive  and see how Labor/LNP react.  Bring on the policies and some proper costings.  Hopefully the 'she'll be right by 2031' concept will go.

[#Metro]

IMHO the BUS services need to be improved.
Bus services to connect people with trains, the local shops, schools, etc. Higher frequency.

Most of the radial BUZ network is really good IMHO, only a few more lines to add before it has most of the city covered.
Trains need more frequency. Sunshine Coast line.

[#Metro]

Election wish list anyone??

[Stillwater]

The wishlist will come in time, after establishing foundation principles.  The other night, the Planning and Infrastructure Minister, Mr Stirling Hinchliffe, spoke of a '15-minute community' where a person travelled for just 15 minutes to access the services they needed to enhance their lives - shops, job, schools just 15 minutes away etc.  That suggests a great wack of infrastructure to provide such convenience.

[#Metro]

The wishlist will come in time, after establishing foundation principles.  The other night, the Planning and Infrastructure Minister, Mr Stirling Hinchliffe, spoke of a '15-minute community' where a person travelled for just 15 minutes to access the services they needed to enhance their lives - shops, job, schools just 15 minutes away etc.  That suggests a great wack of infrastructure to provide such convenience.

Not necessarily. If residential densities are increased, a critical mass of people can be achieved which allows businesses to move into that area that are within walking distance. The 15 minute community is looking a bit like a fantasy idea though, if it doesn't mean denser communities, simply because even along some of Brisbane's BUZ routes, the wait for the bus is 15 minutes, and you haven't even gone anywhere yet!

15 minute community sounds a lot like the fantasy "urban greenway" concept that featured strongly in the 1997 Integrated Regional Transport Plan. 13 years later, which suburb got an "urban greenway" None of them IMHO!!!

The 15 minute community will be possible IMHO, but through a mix of PT improvements, cross-town and radial routes (because you have to be able to travel in any direction at will) and critically, an increase in density. Without the density bit, IMHO it will not work.

[ozbob]

Media Release 11 December 2010

Australia:  Public transport now the priority for Governments that want to really govern ..

RAIL Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport commuters has said the latest Opinion survey from the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies for Quarter 2, June 2010 has clearly indicated the immediate and long term direction for transport in Australia (1,2).

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"One of the key findings in the survey is that over half of Australians (53%) said the highest priority issue for transport in Australia is public transport improvements, more than double who said road improvements were the highest transport priority (22%)."

"A car centric, road centric transport policy is now demonstrably a failure all over.  All bulk freight needs to be moved back to rail, and  high frequency high capacity public transport put in place in all major population centres.  Further support for active transport needs ramping up."

"Governments all over Australia are captive to the road lobby.  As was demonstrated in the recent state election in Victoria, the citizens of Australia have had enough of the congestion, the chronic chaos and devastating road trauma, and governments will turn on this issue.  The looming oil crisis is another factor of why we need to act now (3,4)."

"The bulk of the road funding must be given over to sustainable transport options for the future. Electric rail, light and heavy will be the transport saviour for our nation, time to get cracking! The days of wine and roses are nearly over ... "

References:

1.  Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies–Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS) Quarter 2, June 2010 http://sydney.edu.au/business/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/72397/TOPS-data-1006.pdf

2.  http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=5041.msg42144#msg42144

3.  New Zealand Parliament Report: The next oil shock? http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/ParlSupport/ResearchPapers/4/6/a/00PLEco10041-The-next-oil-shock.htm

4.  http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=4932.0

Contact:

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org