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Kelvin Grove Urban Village Regional Accessibility by Active Transport Kelvin Grove Urban Village Regional Accessibility by Active Transport December 2005 Matthew Gray and Dr Jonathan Bunker School of Urban Development Queensland University of Technology [email protected] 1 Kelvin Grove Urban Village Regional Accessibility by Active Transport Gray and Bunker © Table of Contents Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................................i List of Figures..........................................................................................................................................iv List of Tables ...........................................................................................................................................vi Glossary and abbreviations................................................................................................................... viii Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ix PART I Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Increasing Active Transport ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Kelvin Grove Urban Village....................................................................................................... 1 2 Goal and Purpose of Project............................................................................................................ 3 3 Background to adoption of active transport ..................................................................................... 3 4 Scope of project ............................................................................................................................... 5 PART II Active Transport Benchmarks ................................................................................................... 7 5 Infrastructure and service components examined ........................................................................... 7 6 Details of benchmarks and standards.............................................................................................. 8 6.1 Walking ..................................................................................................................................... 9 6.1.1 Specifications..................................................................................................................... 9 6.2 Cycling .................................................................................................................................... 13 6.2.1 Specifications................................................................................................................... 15 6.3 Pedestrian and bicycle safety ................................................................................................. 21 6.3.1 Key benchmarks.............................................................................................................. 23 6.4 Transit Services ...................................................................................................................... 23 6.4.1 Quality of service framework ........................................................................................... 25 6.5 Buses ...................................................................................................................................... 27 6.6 Rail.......................................................................................................................................... 28 6.7 Multi-modal connectivity.......................................................................................................... 28 6.7.1 Integrated timetabling ...................................................................................................... 28 6.7.2 Integrated ticketing .......................................................................................................... 29 6.7.3 Park-and-Ride.................................................................................................................. 29 i Kelvin Grove Urban Village Regional Accessibility by Active Transport Gray and Bunker © 6.7.4 Walking connection to train or bus .................................................................................. 29 6.7.5 Bicycle connection to train or bus.................................................................................... 29 6.7.6 Transit connectivity: Bus to train, ferry and bus .............................................................. 31 7 Geographical Information on the Frame Area................................................................................ 31 7.1 Previous studies...................................................................................................................... 32 7.1.1 Transit Level of service.................................................................................................... 34 7.2 Approach................................................................................................................................. 36 7.3 Study area............................................................................................................................... 38 PART III Review of Current Situation.................................................................................................. 42 8 Review of Physical Infrastructure................................................................................................... 42 8.1 Walking ................................................................................................................................... 42 8.1.1 Lower Clifton Terrace ...................................................................................................... 42 8.1.2 Blamey Street to Musk Avenue ....................................................................................... 46 8.1.3 Kelvin Grove Road South from Musk Ave....................................................................... 46 8.2 Cycling .................................................................................................................................... 49 8.2.1 Steep slopes, unsafe bikeways and proposed routes..................................................... 49 8.2.2 Bikes in bus lanes and transit lanes ................................................................................ 51 8.3 Bus stops ................................................................................................................................ 51 8.3.1 Kelvin Grove Road........................................................................................................... 53 8.3.2 QUT-KG Busway Station................................................................................................. 54 8.3.3 Bus stops on northern side of QUT ................................................................................. 54 9 Review of Public Transport Service to KGUV................................................................................ 56 9.1 Connectivity between cycling and public transport................................................................. 56 9.1.1 Ferries.............................................................................................................................. 56 9.1.2 Buses............................................................................................................................... 58 9.1.3 Trains............................................................................................................................... 58 9.2 Integrated Timetabling and ticketing....................................................................................... 59 9.3 Transit Level of Service .......................................................................................................... 60 9.3.1 Route segment analysis .................................................................................................. 60 9.3.2 TLOS ............................................................................................................................... 65 9.4 TravelSmart surveys............................................................................................................... 73 ii Kelvin Grove Urban Village Regional Accessibility by Active Transport Gray and Bunker © PART IV Proposed Infrastructure.......................................................................................................... 74 10 Review of Proposed Infrastructure ............................................................................................. 74 10.1 TransLink Network Plan 2005 ............................................................................................. 74 10.1.1 Normanby Busway Station .............................................................................................. 76 10.1.2 Royal Children’s Hospital Busway station ....................................................................... 77 10.1.3 Normanby Fiveways ........................................................................................................ 77 10.1.4 Transport Plan for Brisbane 2002-2016:
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