TRANSPORT POLICIES

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• TRANSPORT POLICIES
• POSITIONING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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Concurrent Session Transport Policies

• Session 11.30am to 1pm
• Overview of Transport Issues
• Urban issues Geoff Lake (lt20 mins)
• Regional issues Allan Smith (20 mins)
• Group discussion (45 mins)
• Focus on relevant parts of Draft Strategy

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Urban Transport Issues Overview

• Liveable cities a complex mix of issues of which
  transport an important component
• Successful communities have good transport mixes
• high proportion of trips are public transport,
  walking and cycling
• other vital components are
• sound and creative (integrated) planning and
  design
• community engagement

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Sustainable Transport

• Transport that contributes to positive
  environmental, social and financial outcomes is
  that what we mean??
• Challenge for local government
• Defining our role and place gaining a seat at
  the table
• Defining achievable outcomes
• Local government best placed to understand
  community needs

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Inter-Governmental Initiatives

• Fundamental principle the health of cities is
  an all of government issue
• COAG is scoping urban congestion issues
• Focus protecting freight corridors (economic
  dimension)
• LG bringing urban amenity to the table as an
  equally important goal
• Traffic management and pricing options will flow
  from this exercise
• Funding for public transport should be given
  equal billing ? role for Feds

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Driving Improvements Bottom Up

• Many examples of LG initiatives
• Public transport improvements through
  partnerships/advocacy
• Community transport solutions
• Encouraging greater national government interest
  and funding while keeping states up to the mark
• Scope for Roads to Recovery type funding model

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At State Level

• Inter-agency coordination remains a big issue
• Planning the key to lessening dependence on cars
• Location of workplaces, educational facilities,
  retail, entertainment with the transport system
• Public transport should not be an afterthought
• Local Government an agent for change?

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Where to from here

• Intergovernmental action LG a key role
• Federal as well as state funding for cities and
  public transport?
• Funding for LG driven initiatives
• Pressing need for better planning

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Regional Transport Issues Overview

• Cr Alan Smith
• Mayor of Dubbo

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Your Turn

• What do you think are the major non-road specific
  transport issues that LG and this Congress must
  grapple with?

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Group Discussion of Draft Strategy

• LG Roads and Transport Strategy 2006 2016
• A five-point plan
• 1. Local road funding and management
• 2. Urban Transport Solutions
• 3. Mobility and Access for Regional Aust
• 4. Freight Management
• 5. Long Term Financial Sustainability of LG

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Urban Transport Solutions

• LG calls on COAG to
• Improve the integration of land use and transport
  planning
• Balance the protection of freight corridors with
  community social needs
• All of govt approach
• Federal govt support and funding for urban public
  transport

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Urban Transport Solutions (cont)

• LG calls on State/Fed govts to work with LG on
  urban congestion strategies
• Improved inter-agency cooperation on land use and
  transport planning

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Mobility and Access for Regional Australians

• LG calls on Fed/State govts to
• Support the viability of regional airlines and
  airports
• Accept the principle that all regional
  communities should have access to minimum levels
  of service through rail, coach and airline
  services

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Mobility and Access for Regional Australians
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• Support the revitalisation of country rail
  services
• Research locational disadvantage brought about by
  factors such as the centralisation of services

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Freight Management

• Improved Freight infrastructure pricing that
  provides benefit to LG
• Regulation to provide safer, quieter and emission
  free freight vehicles
• Revitalisation and reform of rail
• Increasing rail competitiveness
• AusLink funding to rail freight infrastructure

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Freight Management (cont)

• LG calls on National Transport Commission and
  other agencies to
• Improve the position of LG in the development of
  freight policy and
• Develop a communications strategy that keeps LG
  fully informed

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Draft Strategy

• Do you agree with the current transport
  strategies?
• What is missing??
• Method
• Urban Transport Solutions
• Mobility and access for Regional Aust
• Freight Management
• Anything else that doesnt fit above??

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Urban Transport Solutions

• LG calls on COAG to
• Improve the integration of land use and transport
  planning
• Balance between protection of freight corridors
  and community social needs
• All of Govt approach
• Federal Govt support and funding for urban public
  transport

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Urban Transport Solutions (cont)

• LG calls on State/Fed govts to work with LG on
  urban congestion strategies
• Improved inter-agency cooperation on land use and
  transport planning
• Agree/disagree? What else?

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Mobility and Access for Regional Australians

• LG calls on Fed/State govts to
• Support the viability of regional airlines and
  airports
• Accept the principle that all regional
  communities should have access to min levels of
  service through rail, coach and airline services

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Mobility and Access for Regional Australians
(cont)

• Support the revitalisation of country rail
  services
• Research locational disadvantage brought about by
  factors such as centralisation of services.
• Agree/disagree? What else?

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Freight Management

• Improved Freight infrastructure pricing that
  provides benefit to LG
• Regulation to provide safer, quieter and emission
  free freight vehicles
• Revitalisation of rail reform and increasing
  its competitiveness
• AusLink funding to rail freight infrastructure

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Freight Management (cont)

• LG calls on National Transport Commission and
  other agencies to
• 1. Improve the position of LG in the development
  of freight policy and
• 2. Develop of a communications strategy that
  keeps LG fully appraised of the area
• Agree/disagree? What else?

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Draft Strategy

• Anything else?
• Where to from here

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Lunch!!

• Lunch is in the Ghan Foyer. Congress will resume
  at 2pm in the Plenary room.