Turning the wheel of Geelong’s Community Transport Network Leaders for Geelong Program 2008 - 2010 Research Project Table of Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2 Definitions ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Auspicing Agency .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Community Transport .............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.3 Demand Responsive Transport ............................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.4 G21 Region .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 2.5 Integrated Transport System ................................................................................................................................................................... 8 2.6 Public Transport System .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 2.7 Transport Connections Program .............................................................................................................................................................. 9 2.8 Transport Disadvantaged ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 3 Environmental Context ............................................................................................................................................................................... 10 4 Syndicate Group Project Framework .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 4.1 Objective ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 4.2 Scope ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 5 Project Philosophy ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 6 The Transport Connections Program ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 6.1 Auspicing Agency .................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 6.2 Steering Committee participants ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 6.3 Transport Connections Coordinator ....................................................................................................................................................... 15 6.4 Service Proposals .................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 3 7 Who could benefit from a Community Transport Program in Geelong ? .................................................................................................... 16 7.1 Case Study 1 ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 7.2 Case Study 2 ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 8 Identifying the need for Community Transport ............................................................................................................................................ 17 8.1 Statistical Research ............................................................................................................................................................................... 18 8.1.1 Areas Selected for Statistical analysis ........................................................................................................................................... 18 8.1.2 Profile of Postcode Areas 3214, 3216 and 3219. ........................................................................................................................... 20 8.1.3 Demographics of Postcode areas 3214, 3219 and 3216 ............................................................................................................... 21 8.2 Survey Feedback ................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 9 Auspicing Agency Selection ....................................................................................................................................................................... 31 10 Research of other Community Transport Programs ............................................................................................................................... 32 10.1 Neighbouring Regional Projects ............................................................................................................................................................ 32 10.1.1 Golden Connections – Golden Plains Shire ............................................................................................................................... 33 10.1.2 Bringing Communities Together – Surfcoast Shire and Colac Otway Shire ............................................................................... 36 10.1.3 Building Bellarine Connections City of Greater Geelong and Borough of Queenscliffe ............................................................. 38 10.1.4 Linking Communities in the West – Wyndham City Council ....................................................................................................... 41 10.2 Interstate – Newcastle / Hunter Region ................................................................................................................................................. 45 10.2.1 Background ................................................................................................................................................................................ 45 10.2.2 Project Examples ........................................................................................................................................................................ 47 10.3 International – UK Experiences ............................................................................................................................................................. 49 4 10.4 Possible Projects for Geelong ................................................................................................................................................................ 50 10.5 A Regional Approach ............................................................................................................................................................................. 50 11 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 52 12 Bibliography ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 53 13 Appendix 1: Interviews .......................................................................................................................................................................... 55 14 Appendix 2: Websites ............................................................................................................................................................................ 56 5 1 Introduction This Paper is the final deliverable from the Turning the Wheel of Geelong’s Community Transport Network Syndicate Group. This Group was formed as part of the Leaders for Geelong Program 2008 – 2010 intake and this Report represents the culmination of a Research Project that began in February 2009. The purpose of this document is to investigate the existing community transport within the Geelong Region and identify any transport gaps that