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: