Moving People Special Editions

In April 2019, the BIC published a 10 year strategy policy document for driving land transport tourism. There are 9 key areas that all levels of government and industry should adopt to increase travel by coach to generate dispersal of tourists from major cities and attractions to regional Australia and grow Australia’s tourism economy. Key Strategic Areas New marketing strategy for coach travel Better data via market research Coach infrastructure in Australian cities and major regional towns Airport infrastructure and access National Parks access Addressing skills shortages Service and tourism investment incentives Heavy Vehicle Regulation Performance Based Disability Standards Download

Cities are becoming more complex and this poses challenges for policy and planning. Links between land use, transport, economic productivity, housing markets and social exclusion illustrate this complexity. Integrated governance is central to tackling such cross- cutting issues.Awareness of the importance and urgency of taking more integrated approaches to city strategic land use transport policy and planning is widespread and practice is generally improving. However, the rate of improvement in land use transport planning capability in Australia, and more broadly, is running ahead of improvements in governance (and funding arrangements). Download Moving People Special Edition Download

Hobart faces more traffic congestion problems and slower public transport unless city planners make sensible land-use and transport decisions going forward. This report finds that Hobart is very low density and car dependent, and that structural changes in the economy were leading to the highest productivity jobs being located in central or inner parts of the city. The study also found that jobs were moving in at the same time as people were moving out for cheaper housing, and Hobart’s fringe densities were as low as they went in Australian cities. Download Moving People Special Edition Download

This report has been developed as a result of the Bus Industry Confederation undertaking a two week Rapid Transit Study Visit of North America in August and September of 2012 and information collected by the BIC’s internal research program. The report analyses the advantages of building Rapid Transit against benefits which can be achieved by simply improving existing transport networks, modal considerations notwithstanding. Download Moving People Special Edition Download

The Moving People 2030 Taskforce, comprised of 8 national organisations, launched a comprehensive report to Federal, State and Territorial Governments on how we can deliver a prosperous, sustainable, liveable and healthy Australia by 2030.Moving Australia 2030-A Transport Plan for a Productive and Active Australia sets out pathways for the establishment of a transport, land use management, planning and funding framework, including how we move people, today and in the future, to maintain the living standards we currently enjoy in Australia. Download Moving People Special Edition Download https://youtu.be/jyNegm57S2o

This policy statement sees the BIC taking the lead in the national discussion on how we fund moving people infrastructure and services in the future. The aim of the report is to generate discussion about how Australia should shape its future land transport policy, to promote national goals for productivity, sustainability, liveability and social inclusion. Download Moving People Special Edition Download

This paper provides a 7 point National Plan to deliver: Increased investment in public transport Freight capacity investment and efficiency improvements Road pricing reform Improved accessibility for all More compact, walking and bicycle friendly urban settlements Improved fuel efficiency Improvements in transport research and information Download Moving People Special Edition Download https://youtu.be/xcvSiq1He10