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infrastructure and are a part of improving transport and encouraging changes to the way people travel to and from work every day.

Mr Coe earlier in his speech—and it was quite some hours ago—I think gave his begrudging support to my amendments. Just on Mr Coe’s comments, the Greens have always been supportive of both buses and car pooling. I think that we need to consider all the issues at play here, as my amendments do. We need to take action to encourage public transport use and also use means such as T2 lanes, car pooling and park and rides to provide people with different options to get to and from work.

Mr Coe said that we do not like to support the opposition’s motions. Mr Coe, you might just want to look at the record. We have probably supported you more times than you have supported us, but anyway that is off topic.

To conclude, I thank Mr Coe for bringing this motion forward today. This is an important issue. It is about the overall way in which we plan transport in the ACT. I think this particular lane has been a perfect example of that. We will be supporting Mr Coe’s motion with the amendments that I will be moving. I believe the work we have requested on the transit lane and car pooling is particularly important. If we are to have a proper approach to transport planning in Canberra then this work should be done—not just for Adelaide Avenue but indeed for the whole of the city. I seek leave to move the amendments circulated in my name.

Leave granted.

MS BRESNAN: I move:

(1) In paragraph (1), insert “immediately” before “reinstate”.

(2) Omit paragraph (2), substitute:

“(2) to develop and publish Government guidelines for the appropriate locations and uses for transit lanes and bus lanes in the ACT, which have reference to safety, congestion and transport sustainability goals;

(3) to assess options to resolve any road safety issues affecting the T2 lane on Adelaide Avenue;

(4) to assess and publish the advantages and disadvantages of the different options for the Adelaide Avenue transit lane, including using it as a:

(a) T2 lane;

(b) T3 lane;

(d) bus only lane;

(5) to acknowledge that car pooling is an effective means of reducing the number of cars on our roads and alleviating road congestion and:

(a) develop options for introducing an ACT Government-wide car pooling service; and

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