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Reports compiled over more than a decade show the evolution of a controversial public transport proposal currently up for community comment. Sunshine Coast Council's 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 be sent to the state government which will be responsible for the detailed business case process d...

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 Council's goal of 10 per cent mode share for public transport in 20 years' time. The draft report recommended Stage 1 of the Sunshine Coast Mas...

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 LOCAL NEWS STORIES More than 90,000 people visit sunshinecoastdaily.com.au every day. Be one of them a...

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 scenario 1. It then asks how important it was to have a good mass transit system, before delving into th...