Draft Options Analysis News Today

Councillors were sent a series of questions about the steps theyd taken to-date and were still to take to understand their divisions views on mass transit to ensure they could accurately represent them in future debates and decision making, as well as their position on light rail, preferred method of mass transit and how they saw mass transit fitting into a broader transport system on the Coast. Heres what your Sunshine Coast councillors had to say: Cr Maria Suarez. Maria Suarez, Division 9...

Council maintains all workers at its mass transit information booths are employees and impartial despite a man with links to the state transport department having been spotted at several locations. A Mooloolaba woman told organisers of The Beach Matters group, which is fighting the prospect of a light rail system along the beachfront at Alexandra Headland and Maroochydore, and at least one councillor that she had spotted a former transport department staffer at consultation sessions in Kawana...

Mr Down said from his experience on the Gold Coast light rail it had several key advantages which made it more viable. He said the much larger population helped boost its catchment as well as the fact the rail was on a major road which had replicas to the east and west which enabled the impact on road traffic to be minimised. Mr Down also said the Gold Coast had been clever not to run the light rail along the beachfront as they knew the value the visual beauty of the beaches held for the reg...

Sunshine Coast MPs have warned a $2.6 billion light rail system between Maroochydore and Kawana could ruin chances of having heavy rail from Brisbane to the region. Kawana MP Jarrod Bleijie and other Sunshine Coast MPs have called on the Sunshine Coast Council to prioritise heavy rail before throwing its support behind an expensive local public transport network. The council has released a comprehensive report into several mass transit options costing between $881 million to $2.6 billion to ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A comprehensive report on mass transit options gave light rail a perfect score when considering the best way to get people out of cars and into public transport. Sunshine Coast Council last week released its 316-page draft options analysis report for a mass transit plan which centres around five key options ranging from costs of $881m to $2.6bn. Mayor Mark Jamieson said the council was open to all options with the ultimate aim to bust congestion, reduce emissio...

Reports compiled over more than a decade show the evolution of a controversial public transport proposal currently up for community comment. Sunshine Coast Councils mass transit plans have been in the works for more than a decade with several iterations of the proposal published in a series of reports and documents that have led to this point - an eight-week public consultation period to help direct a final report for the council. Pending consideration the final Options Analysis report could...

Premium Content Subscriber only Public transport use will have to grow by almost 7 per cent each year for a quarter of a century if Sunshine Coast Council is to achieve its target of 10 per cent of trips being taken on public transport by 2041. The report revealed the rate of usage of public transport in the region had fallen by 2 per cent over the past decade, leaving an ambitious growth rate of 6.6 per cent a year required to reach Sunshine Coast Councils goal of 10 per cent mode share for ...

WEATHER REPORT AND TIDES The weather bureau has predicted showers and a possible thunderstorm for the Coast today. Between 10 to 30mm of rain is expected and the wet weather is expected to stick around this weekend. Maleny will reach a top of 20C while a majority of the region reaches 23-24C. Low tide at Mooloolaba was at 4.39am at 0.44m and high tide will be at 10.15am at 1.46m. The next low tide is scheduled for 4.12pm at 0.29m and high tide will reach 2.02m at 11.03pm. TRAFFIC TOP FIVE LOC...

They included transforming "suitable parts of existing urban areas" into lifestyle community clusters around mass transit. Developing a mass transit system to connect population and employment centres and offer an alternative to cars and moving more people in fewer, larger mass transit vehicles accessible by bike or walking were part of the solutions identified. The survey starts out seeking to find out what features respondents are seeking in a mass transit system. Population growth scenar...