Session: 1
Room: Yarra Room
Session Title: Congestion Pricing
Format: Discussion
Presenter Name: Harry Barber
What is congestion? How & where congestion should be priced?
Car parking can have congestion prices.
Congestion should be priced when vehicle load is within acceptable limits of the road capacity
Data is a critical factor for analysing congestion and the optimum level needs to be established.
Session: 2
Room: Yarra Room
Session Title: Better Buses: The Future Frequent Network
Format: Presentation
Presenter Name: Peter Parker (Melbourne on Transit)
Better Bus Network: Sustainable Cities Campaign, better buses for Melbourne's West with a particular focus on the West. We need a top-level service. Perth was looked at as a precedent, noting most other states have a much higher frequency.
Why is bus advocacy so challenging? The goal for 2030, is how can we shift the focus away from the high-income areas within Melbourne's southeast. The community is interested and political instability provides an opportunity for change.
After the recent election, there may no longer be any safe seats. https://melbourneontransit.blogspot.com/2022/07/un-135-future-frequent-network.html This will not only support the suburban rail loop but will serve more people. Every ten minutes and seven days of the week.
The Principle Public transport Network: Gave birth to smart bus routes, these run every 15 minutes. However these smart services are in the East (10) only one of these services is in the inner west, in Sunshine.
The Useful Network: Every 20min service. Blog by Peter Parker. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1eIBtYp3YqK7VDYkbcJW-XanMUHUIl2NE&ll=-37.8103655796008%2C145.02267822356933&z=9
Laura: Images and maps are helpful. But to advocate consider how people may not need to own multiple cars, these messages are important. Improving people's lives. The future frequent network connects people to jobs. Local community benefit is integral.
Route alignment has been discussed. How will this be branded?
Question: How will these services align with the existing services? Ten-minute service to align with trains and trams. Look at the network coordination framework, this has not been applied to buses but there is an opportunity to apply this theoretical understanding.
Focus on a small number of routes, done well.
Session: 3
Room: Yarra Room
Session Title: Victoria Transportation Integration Plan
Format: Presentation
Presenter Name: Catherine McNaughton
Call on the Victorian government to work with councils and communities to develop metro and Victoria regional transport and land use plans.
Create the places communities want.
Assess infrastructure proposal to demonstrate maximum community and environmental benefits.
Prioritize equity and people.
Achieve net zero greenhouse gas emission transport and land systems.
Include traditional owners’ perspectives, knowledge and country plans.
Include full community engagement. As required under the transport integration act 2010 and climate change act 2017.
Ad hoc projects have demonstrated limited community benefits, lack of integration, and limited linked benefits.
Consider the scales of challenges that arise with population growth; changing commuting and living patterns, technology, climate and biodiversity emergencies.
Session: 4
Room: Yarra Room
Session Title: How can we reduce parking with car sharing?
Format: Discussion
Presenter Name: Josh (Infrastructure Victoria)
Good data will be received if the service is simple.
Ticketing data is very difficult to use as fewer touch on and off in Victoria.
Train myki data is much better for touch on and off in Victoria compared to the other states.
Queensland trip data is complete and open to the agencies.
VISTA data is scarce and time-dependent.
