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PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Moving People – Hearts & Minds
Heather Webster
Executive Director
Public Transport Division
Travel times getting
longer
Lauren Novak
Lack of Parking Puts
Train Users on Road
Linton Besser
More than 40% of motorists who otherwise drive all the
way to work would rather park at a station and commute.
PEAK hour could blow out over the next decade if
nothing is done to stop the build-tip of traffic
congestion on Adelaide roads.
The car is doomed,
scientist warns
Clay Lucas
CAR travel should be cut by 80%, road construction halted
and public transport boosted if Australia is to meet carbon
emission targets, energy experts have warned.
Is The Car Doomed?
Adelaide Metro
• 220,000 journeys each weekday
• 65 million journeys a year
• $ 270 million per year to operate
• $ 70 million per year in fare revenue
• $ 3 subsidy for each journey on average
Vehicles
Infrastructure
810 – Buses
94 – Rail Cars
15 – Trams
Track - Infrastructure
Shared and Segregated
• 120 km of Train Line
Service
Contractors
• 12.5 km Tram
Line
Objectives
• 12 km of O-Bahn
Track
Maintain
a viable
business and earn
• 1440 km of Bus
Routes
reasonable profit
Revenue Infrastructure
Ticketing
• 1,800 Validating machines
• 650 Outlets selling Metrotickets
• GPS monitoring of services
• $70 million ticket revenue
(2006 - 07 financial year)
Fuel Infrastructure
• Diesel - 21 million litres per annum
• CNG – 297,874 GJ’s per annum
• Bio Diesel (B5 moving to B10) 1.5 million litres per annum
Dedicated Public Transport
Infrastructure
Capital value - $1.5 billion
Increasing Public Transport Use
How to get people from cars to public
transport?
Comfortable, Fast, Safe, Reliable, Well Priced
Frequent Services
Over 45% of adults have difficulty
understanding timetables
Who benefits from the use of public
transport
The individual
The environment
Other road users
The city
Strategies Driving Patronage
Growth
Bus Network: 80% of trips
Train and Tram: 20% of trips
Adelaide Milestones
1. O-Bahn
3. Marketing
2. CTC
4.Trams
Results of Contracting
In first 10 years:
Cost savings
Extra Revenue
Plus
$193 million
$ 52 million
14% more service
15% more patronage
Information Infrastructure
• 5,993 stops with Information
• 33 Smart Stops – showing real time information
• 37 fully illuminated Interchange display units
• Website - 17 million hits
Information Infrastructure
• 5,600 Nomad onBoard subscribers
• 187,000 sms and e mail messages sent per annum
• 400 Info outlets distributing 4.3 million timetables per annum
• 800,000 visitors to the Adelaide Metro InfoCentre per annum
• 540,000 calls to the Adelaide Metro InfoLine per annum
Strategies for Growth – Short to
Medium Term
Increases to:
Bus Priority
Frequency
Capacity
Park'n'Ride
Rail track quality
New ticketing system
Strategies for Longer Term Growth
•Extend bus routes
•Extend train and tram lines
•Electrify and standardise train lines
Support for Public Transport
Strategic Plan Target
(10% weekday car kms – currently 7%)
Increasing patronage
Climate Change
Congestion and costs
Public opinion
Motivations To Change Travel
Behaviour
1. Frequency
Main factor that would encourage greater use of
public transport
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More f requent services
2. Low fares
3. Weekend
Services
4. Reliability
25
Low er f ares
15
More evening/w eekend services
10
Improved reliability
9
Faster services
4
More security at stops/stations
3
More security on board
Cleaner buses
2
Improved f acilities at stops and stations
2
3
Other
5. Faster
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% of all public transport users
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Potential Users
70% travel in the peak
Latent demand:
Between 30% and
50%
The Competitive Challenge
A clean, uncluttered modern city has
attractive public transport for easy travel
Bus – the Quick Fix
Short lead time
Incremental
Reach and Accessibility
Flexible
Cheaper
Choose the mode to fit the task
not bend the task to fit the mode
Which mode fits your task?
Metro
Standard Rail
LRT
Tram
Bus
Busway
Change is unavoidable but
outcomes can be chosen
Changes to Fuel Price, Energy Source,
Vehicle Type, Travel Habits
Will change the dynamics of a city
Summary
Good public transport is essential for a
civilised city
It depends on
• City Design
• Fuel Prices to accelerate change
• Acknowledgement of the broader
benefits