12 May 2011: SEQ: Car parking chaos compounded by Brisbane City Council

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Media release 12 May 2011

SEQ:  Car parking chaos compounded by Brisbane City Council

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 suggests Brisbane City Council needs to urgently review the flawed car parking policy as evidenced by the recent amendments to the Transport, Access, Parking and Servicing Planning Scheme Policy. Car parking is a major issue not only in Brisbane itself but in most areas of south-east Queensland.

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"The amendments go against the direction that the council has been striving for over the last few years: a sustainable city for the people of Brisbane."

"The flawed amendments will only serve to increase the traffic congestion in the inner city precinct, making cycling, public transport and general pedestrian transport improvements more difficult."

"Those in the inner city area have some of the best public transport in Brisbane. They should not need so many cars, especially in an office building. We should be encouraging people to ride, walk or take public transport, not making it easier for them to clog our streets and degrade our quality of life by sitting on their own in an enclosed cell, complaining about traffic."

"The Federal Government has put in place an initiative 'OUR CITIES, OUR FUTURE - A NATIONAL URBAN POLICY FOR A PRODUCTIVE, SUSTAINABLE AND LIVEABLE FUTURE (1)'.  This should be compulsory reading for all of Brisbane City Council."

"Car parking is a major issue not only in Brisbane itself but in most areas of south-east Queensland.  There are solutions (2), simply encouraging more of the same and expecting improvements is as Einstein would have put it, insanity!"

"Wrong decisions now will take city planners many years and many millions of dollars to rectify in the future. Please make Brisbane a sustainable city. Make it a city for people, not cars."

References:

1. http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/commonwealth-budget/2011-12/2011-12/content/download/ms_urban.pdf

2. http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=532.0

Contact:

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org

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