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Integrated Transport Strategy

The Integrated Transport Strategy document has been divided into three sections for download.

Integrated Transport Strategy - Section 1   (Pages 1-11)
Integrated Transport Strategy - Section 2   (Pages 12-20)
Integrated Transport Strategy - Section 3   (Pages 21-112 and appendices)

Executive Summary
On 28 April 2003, Council resolved to form an Integrated Transport Strategy Reference Committee to guide the development of an Integrated Transport Strategy for the Municipality. Four Councillors (Councillors Butler, Ross, Wegman and former Councillor Whelan) were appointed to this committee and currently Councillors Butler, Ross, Tobin and Halikias-Byrnes are members of the committee.

Key personnel from City Works, Community Planning and City Planning directorates and representatives of the consultant are on the committee. Arup Transport Planning were engaged in December 2003, following a public tender process, to develop an ITS seeking to improve access and travel for all those living, working and visiting Boroondara.

It aims to:

• Facilitate access to and widen the choice of transport modes.
• Improve equity of access.
• Promote sustainable transport choices (walking, cycling and public
  transport).
• Improve security and safety for all travellers.

The overall vision for the Boroondara draft ITS is:

To provide improved travel and access within, to and from Boroondara. In particular to provide improved public transport, walking and cycling provision and manage private car travel more effectively, as part of overall Council goals to pursue social, environmental and economic well-being and to protect and improve the built and natural environment. The draft ITS sets out a number of actions in order to achieve the following
objectives:

• To facilitate improvements to and better integration of all forms of public
  transport.
• To improve provision for cycling and walking, particularly in activity nodes,
  strip shopping centres and schools and in order to improve access to
  public transport.
• To create more pedestrian friendly street environments and high quality
  urban centres which are less car dominated.
• To introduce measures to better manage traffic, public transport, cycling
  and walking on congested roads and particularly in urban centres.
• To promote safe and secure alternative forms of travel to the car and to
  increase the attractiveness of these (through travel demand
  management).
• To introduce measures to better manage through traffic in Boroondara.

Two community, two stakeholder and one youth workshop were held in February, March and April of 2004. The Community workshops were promoted by letterbox drop to the whole municipality, in the Progress Leader, Boroondara Bulletin, on Council’s website and on posters at Libraries, Council Offices and Leisure Centres. Seventy people attended the first community workshop and 50 attended the second. One hundred and forty one phone calls, 41 letters and 37 emails were also received. Surveys about travel were sent to every primary and secondary school, kindergarten and child care centre in the municipality. Approximately 50% of these
surveys were completed and returned.

The reference committee met on 6 occasions to 16 June 2004, where the draft ITS was discussed in preparation for public exhibition. At the meeting on 16 June 2004, issues relating to the caretaker period in the lead up to the Council election were
raised regarding the exhibition and adoption process, resulting in the deferral of the
consultation phase.

With the appointment of new Council and their determination of policy priorities as
reflected in the Council Plan 2005-2009, the new reference committee was reconvened.
An issues paper was subsequently developed and discussed with the reference committee where further input was obtained. Items identified in the issues paper and in the reference committee meetings were incorporated into the draft ITS.

The draft ITS was placed on public exhibition through an article on page 9 of the Progress Leader on 16 May 2006, on the Boroondara web site between 17 May 2006 and 2 June 2006 and through the availability of copies at Council offices and libraries. The strategy was also forwarded to key stakeholders for their feedback. Responses received were considered and incorporated into the strategy. The draft strategy recommended a series of actions which aimed to improve
various components of transportation within the municipality over the short, medium and long term.

The strategy was formally considered and adopted by Council on 8 November 2006.