BRISBANE’S CLEAN TRANSPORT FUTURE

Safe Cycling, Cross River Rail and Subway A clean, connected liveable future.

Clean, affordable public and active transport will take pressure off our congested roads and improve quality of life. In Brisbane, the Greens will double existing local cycling funding, with $90 million for safe, accessible cycling and active transport infrastructure and $2 billion to build Cross River Rail and plan the next step: a Brisbane Subway.

People are spending too much time stuck in traffic and fossil > Safe, easy cycling infrastructure for Brisbane fuel pollution is pumped out by the cars filling our roads. It’s bad for people and bad for the planet. Investment in bikes and The Greens will establish an Active Transport Fundii worth $250 walking infrastructure will give Australians the opportunity to million annually, or $1 billion over 4 years, to invest in cycling & choose riding or walking as a safe, easy option and leave their walking in . The federal government plays a role in car at home. funding roads, rail and other infrastructure, and the Greens want active transport infrastructure to be funded by all three There is a huge opportunity for growth with half of all trips in levels of government. Australian cities under 5 kilometres, a distance easily cycled in 20 minutes or less. Around 50% of children who live within For Brisbane, the Active Transport Fund would contribute $90 2kms of a school are driven in cars. Safer, more accessible million over 4 years. This would double existing spending on cycling routes are a great investment in our future. cycling infrastructure by Brisbane City Council which is currently $89 million over 4 years.iii State government spending The Greens have announced a bold plan to improve our trains, iv -wide is approximately $61 million over 4 years. buses, bikeways and walking paths to reduce pollution, unclog our roads, and encourage physical activity that makes us all The Active Transport Fund would support projects based on the healthier and happier. advice of the Greens’ proposed new national cycling

coordination and advisory body and local cycling groups, in line > The Greens’ national Clean Transport Plan with transparent project selection criteria.

i Our national Building our Clean Transport Future plan will: In Brisbane, the Greens could support projects in partnership  Provide $10 billion over four years for priority public with State and local government including: transport projects around the country.  Establish a $250 million per year Active Transport Fund for  Walking/cycling bridges between: cycling and walking infrastructure o Hawthorne and New Farm  Develop a new national cycling strategy to set targets and o Toowong and West End benchmarks for cycling improvements o Kangaroo Point and CBD  Fast track high speed rail  A network of safe barrier-separated bike lanes in the CBD;  Commit an additional $500 million to shift freight onto rail  Safe barrier-separated bike lanes along major cycling  Invest an additional $250m in arterial road works to routes such as: maximise efficient traffic flow and enable better bus o Eleanor Schonell Bridge to Lady Cilento Hospital along services to suburban and outer-urban communities Annerley Rd, to connect with the proposed Gabba to  Commit to $300 million in additional funding for the Black bikeway along Stanley St. Spot road safety program o Brisbane Northside to the CBD along Kedron Brook Rd  Accelerate the electric vehicle revolution through $201 o Buranda to Coorparoo through Stones Corner million in infrastructure and fleet grants, and five years’ o Vulture St, from West End to Woolloongabba; or worth of free registration for new fully electric vehicles.  Complete the riverside bikeway missing link from Mowbray Park, East Brisbane to Dockside, Kangaroo Point.

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> Safe barrier-separated bike lanes in the CBD

We can greatly reduce injury, conflict and congestion on Brisbane roads by providing infrastructure for cyclists. Central Sydney’s separated bike lanes have doubled the number of cyclists on the road,v but injuries have decreased. They regularly carry as many people as the cars on adjacent traffic lanes.

By contrast, Brisbane’s CBD is hazardous for cyclists. Thousands want to ride to work or university but are worried about injury. Only 19% of Brisbane cyclists are women, the lowest of all capital cities. Barrier-separated bike lanes in the CDB would allow cyclists to ride safely to within two blocks of any location -- Kangaroo Point in the city. This proposal would cost $6 million and use less than 0.5% of car parking spaces in the CBD. > Cross River Rail and the Brisbane Subway

On 2 June 2016, the Greens announced $2 billion over four years for Cross River Rail and called on other parties to match that commitment.vi This project is an urgent priority for Brisbane, with our single river crossing reaching capacity, it will allow expanded, more regular and more reliable services over the entire rail network across South East Queensland.

Cross River Rail should be kept in public hands to ensure lower fares and better services. By funding new infrastructure with government borrowing via the Greens’ proposed $75 billion Australian Infrastructure Bank, we can stop future privatisation. Both Labor and the Coalition have announced plans which would see vital assets sold off to the private sector, placing vii -- Safe, barrier-separated bike lanes in Vancouver, Canada pressure on fares in the future. (Credit: Paul Krueger) The Greens have also announced a plan to commit $20 million to planning the next step: a high-frequency Brisbane Subway running east-west with services every few minutes.viii It would operate similarly to the London Underground and the New York Subway in underground tunnels separate from the existing heavy rail system. The route would connect Brisbane’s two largest “trip-generators”: the CBD and UQ with stations at: Indooroopilly, UQ, West End, South Brisbane, the CBD, Kangaroo Point, Teneriffe, Bulimba and Hamilton.

i http://greens.org.au/public-transport ii http://greens.org.au/bike-plan iii Brisbane City Council, Council Annual Plan and Budget 2016-17, page 55 https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/council-information- rates/news-publications/council-annual-plan-budget-2016-17 iv Queensland Budget 2016, Budget Paper 3, page 128 http://budget.qld.gov.au/budget-papers/?item=3 v http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/as-duncan-gay-considers-cycling-licences-bike- lanes-shown-to-be-highly-effective-20140502-zr3ff.html vi -- Proposed CBD barrier-separated bike lanes Greens call on old parties to match announcement of $2 billion for Cross River Rail http://greens.org.au/news/qld/greens-call-old-parties-match- announcement-2-billion-cross-river-rail Investment in bike paths and lanes is extremely cost effective vii Labor’s “Concrete Bank” would see projects sold to the private sector once compared with building roads. A high quality separated bike they are built, stating “…IA would transfer its equity or debt interests to long path with bridges as required can be built for around $1 term investors such as super funds …” The Coalition’s “innovative financing million/km, compared with $1 billion/km, for a tollway tunnel. solutions” are just a recipe for more failed Public Private Partnerships. See http://www.alp.org.au/infrastructureplan and https://www.liberal.org.au/latest-news/2016/04/29/smart-cities-will-grow- innovation-economy viii http://greens.org.au/brisbane-subway

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