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What is the future of Tasmania's transport?


A group of industry and academic experts are meeting with the government in Hobart to workshop solutions for sustainable transport.
 
The workshops, involving the transport industry and key policy makers from the Department of Industry, Energy and Resources will identify practical actions for Tasmania that will form a cohesive national approach to fixing Australia’s transport challenges.
 
This action plan, Moving People – Solutions for a Growing Australia, was developed by the unique alliance of the Australasian Railways Association (ARA), International Association for Public Transport (UITP) and the Bus Industry Confederation of Australia (BIC), the three major bodies representing passenger transport in Australia.
 
The Moving People plan identifies seven key actions the federal, state and territory Governments and industry should put into practice to make passenger land transport in Australia more efficient including improving freight capacity, investing in public transport, increasing the fuel efficiency of cars and reforming our road pricing and taxation system.
 
The workshops involving the passenger transport industry and key policy makers from a range of departments will focus on Moving People – Solutions for a Growing Australia.
Co-author of the plan Professor Stanley, from the University of Sydney’s Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, says only leadership by the Federal Government, in cooperation with states can achieve the massive change needed to reverse the deterioration of Australia’s land transport systems.
 
Professor Stanley says business as usual is no longer an option. “This action plan outlines what we believe should be the role of all levels of government, including the
Federal Government and the Victorian State Government, in delivering passenger transport that not only meets existing demand, but also provides solutions to the growing problems of congestion, pollution and increasing greenhouse gas emissions in our cities,” he says.
 
“We believe state based land passenger transport policies have failed and this action plan outlines what we believe should be the role of all levels of government, including the Federal Government and the Tasmanian State Government, in delivering passenger transport that not only meets existing demand, but also provides solutions to the growing problems of congestion, pollution and increasing greenhouse gas emissions in our cities,” he says.
 
Professor Graham Currie, Chair of Public Transport at Monash University says significant investment and leadership from the Federal Government with support from state governments is needed to guarantee the future prosperity of our cities.
 
“All of the evidence points to the need for a national approach to be urban transport and regional connectivity planning entered into by all levels of government,” Currie says.
 
Geoff Lewis, executive director of TasBus, the Tasmanian bus operators association, says the returned Labor Government needs to take the front foot in planning for changes in Tasmania’s demography.
 
“Tasmania is expected to have a significantly higher and older population in the years ahead. Cities will be larger and more crowded; and there will be a growing focus on sustainable transport that links all communities in Tasmania, large and small,” he says.
“We need the Bartlett Labor Government to grasp their opportunity in this electoral term to show real leadership for Tasmania’s future in the area of passenger transport,” Lewis says.
 
Bryan Nye, chief executive of the Australasian Railways Association says it is time for the blame game in passenger transport to end.
 
“Our mobility connects us to our jobs, our services and to our society. We need to move to a more cooperative approach in developing infrastructure and offering mobility options for all Australians be they rail, bus or car,” he says.
 
“We have a national freight strategy and now we are calling for a parallel moving people strategy to be developed by the Federal Government,” Nye says.

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