Page 3411 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 17 August 2011
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The Canberra community has indicated its support for this integrated approach to transport planning and policy. In the recent time to talk community conversation, Canberrans talked about a future where we are a less car-dependent city, a compact city where people can live closer to work and have more options to choose their travel needs. I quote:
Canberrans recognise the relationship between Canberra evolving as a more compact city and its development as a more accessible city.
People value that Canberra is easy to get around and want to keep this in 2030. They understand the convenience of having a car and that a challenge is for Canberrans to reduce their reliance on private vehicles.
How to achieve this more compact city and provide more sustainable, accessible transport options will be integral to the government’s new planning strategy and transport for Canberra policy, which will build on the strong foundations of the spatial plan and sustainable transport plan that were released in 2004.
In May 2009 the government announced a goal of zero net greenhouse gas emissions for the ACT by 2060 and enacted the Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act, which sets ambitious targets of 40 per cent less than 1990 emissions at 2020 and 80 per cent at 2050.
The government acknowledges that a carbon-neutral Canberra by 2060 will be a formidable task but considers it vital that we have a clear goal and vision of the city we want to live in and pass on to future generations—a city that is willing to accept responsibility and take action to minimise its impact on the climate system and our local environment.
The actions we take to mitigate greenhouse gases and adapt to climate change will see a change in the way we do many things, in fact most things. Weathering the change action plan 2 is in the process of being finalised and will provide the road map to achieving these goals.
The government takes an integrated approach to transport planning and infrastructure development, which is known as travel demand management. This approach means that we determine the total transport demand; examine options and opportunities to create alternatives to driving, such as public transport, walking and cycling; price transport efficiently to encourage those alternative modes, including parking pricing; encourage multi-occupancy trips through the “three for free” scheme; and identify the transport infrastructure needs that make the integrated transport system work safely and efficiently.
Managing parking as part of an integrated systems approach has two main components derived from this travel demand management approach. The first is achieved through regular parking surveys to monitor use, encouraging alternative transport patterns such as public transport, walking and cycling or, indeed, car-pooling, and providing parking supply at a level sufficient to encourage economic growth.
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