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Implementation plans
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Actions
Action 1 – Upgrade and develop
the Principal Public Transport Network and improve local public
transport services
Action 2 – Encourage sustainable
travel
Action 3 – Provide for the transport
needs of growth areas
Action 4 – Provide for freight
and commercial transport
Action 5 – Improve transport links
to regional Victoria
Action 6 – Ensure integrated planning
for metropolitan transport
How does this plan relate to Melbourne
2030?
The actions outlined reinforce Direction
8 of Melbourne 2030 - ‘better transport links’.
This direction establishes policies for transport that seek to:
- connect activity centres and link Melbourne to the regional
cities by both high-standard public transport and roads
- improve public transport so it is a real choice for more trips
- plan so that jobs and services are more accessible
- coordinate development of all transport modes
- manage the road system to improve choice, safety and make the
most of existing infrastructure
- improve environmental outcomes
- give priority to walking and cycling
- promote sustainable transport options.
Other directions relevant to transport include Direction
1 – ‘a more compact city’, Direction
2 – ‘better management of urban growth’, Direction
3 - ‘networks with the regional cities’, Direction
4 – ‘a more prosperous city’, Direction
5 – ‘a great place to be’, Direction
6 – ‘a fairer city’, Direction
7 – ‘a greener city’. These directions aim to
improve access by walking, cycling and using public transport to
a wide range of services and facilities. They also encourage development
what can be well served by public transport, ensure strong transport
links with regional cities, develop the key transport gateways and
freight links, enhance safety and amenity, improve community transport,
and reduce greenhouse emissions.
What are the recommended actions?
Actions designed to address the issues outlined above and
to achieve the directions of Melbourne 2030 are grouped as
follows:
- upgrade and develop the PPTN and improve local public transport
services
- encourage sustainable travel
- provide for the transport needs of growth areas
- provide for freight and commercial transport
- improve transport links to regional Victoria
- ensure integrated planning for metropolitan Melbourne.
These are summarised for easy reference in the accompanying table.
Integrated transport actions
| Action area |
Task |
Time frame (short,
medium, long)* |
Lead agency |
Involved |
Relevant initiatives |
| Upgrade
and develop the Principal Public Transport Network and
improve local public transport services |
develop
a metropolitan bus plan |
short |
DOI |
public
transport providers, local government and other key stakeholders
|
8.1.1
8.1.2
8.1.4
8.1.5
8.2.1 |
develop
a metropolitan tram plan
|
short |
DOI |
public
transport providers, local government and other key stakeholders |
4.2.4
8.1.1
8.1.2
8.1.3
8.1.4
8.2.1 |
| develop
a train plan |
short |
DOI |
public
transport providers, local government and other key stakeholders
|
2.2.3
4.2.4
8.1.1
8.1.2
8.1.3
8.2.3
8.2.4 |
| improve
ticketing systems |
short -
medium |
DOI |
public
transport providers and other key stakeholders |
8.8.3 |
| Encourage
sustainable travel |
develop
and implement a travel demand management (TDM) action
plan |
short |
DOI |
local government
and key stakeholders |
8.8.1
8.8.2
8.8.4 |
| develop
a walking action plan |
short |
DOI |
local government,
Department of Human Services and other key stakeholders |
8.7.2 |
| develop
a cycling action plan |
short |
DOI |
local government
and other key agencies and stakeholders |
8.7.1
8.7.4
8.7.5 |
| support
policies for activity centres and Transit Cities |
short -
medium |
Department
of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) |
DOI, local
government and key stakeholders |
1.1.1
1.1.3
8.3.3 |
| prepare
guidelines to integrate transport infrastructure and development |
short -
medium |
DOI |
DSE, local
government and key stakeholders |
5.1.5
8.3.2
8.6.1
8.6.2
8.7.3 |
|
* Short – start within 12 months
Medium – start in 1–2 years
Long – start in 2–5 years
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