Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council 09-Jun-2020 Integrated Transport Strategy Final Report P:\CBR\60544563\8. Issued Docs\8.1 Reports\ITS\DOCS\60544563 QPRC ITS FINAL 9 June 2020.docx Revision 5 – 09-Jun-2020 Prepared for – Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council – ABN: 95 933 070 982 AECOM Integrated Transport Strategy – Final Report Integrated Transport Strategy Final Report Client: Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council ABN: 95 933 070 982 Prepared by AECOM Australia Pty Ltd Civic Quarter, Level 4, 68 Northbourne Avenue, GPO Box 1942 ACT 2601, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia T +61 2 6100 0551 www.aecom.com ABN 20 093 846 925 09-Jun-2020 Job No.: 6054 4563 AECOM in Australia and New Zealand is certified to ISO9001, ISO14001 AS/NZS4801 and OHSAS18001. © AECOM Australia Pty Ltd (AECOM). All rights reserved. AECOM has prepared this document for the sole use of the Client and for a specific purpose, each as expressly stated in the document. 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Issued Docs\8.1 Reports\ITS\DOCS\60544563 QPRC ITS FINAL 9 June 2020.docx Revision 5 – 09-Jun-2020 Prepared for – Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council – ABN: 95 933 070 982 AECOM Integrated Transport Strategy – Final Report Quality Information Document Integrated Transport Strategy Ref 6054 4563 Date 09-Jun-2020 Prepared by Neil Graham Reviewed by Brendan Hogan Revision History Authorised Rev Revision Date Details Name/Position Signature 1 22-Nov-2017 Draft Neil Graham Project Manager 2 1-Dec-2017 Second Draft Neil Graham Project Manager 3 14-June-2018 Final Draft Neil Graham Project Manager 4 5-Feb-2019 Revised Final Draft Neil Graham Project Manager 5 09-Jun-2020 Council Approved Brendan Hogan Project Manager P:\CBR\60544563\8. Issued Docs\8.1 Reports\ITS\DOCS\60544563 QPRC ITS FINAL 9 June 2020.docx Revision 5 – 09-Jun-2020 Prepared for – Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council – ABN: 95 933 070 982 AECOM Integrated Transport Strategy – Final Report Table of Contents Executive Summary i 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Purpose 1 1.2 Background 1 1.3 Scope 2 1.4 Context 2 1.5 Council’s Role 3 2.0 Existing Conditions 4 2.1 Population and Employment 4 2.1.1 QPRC region 4 2.1.2 Queanbeyan 4 2.1.3 Areas outside of Queanbeyan 4 2.2 Travel Patterns 4 2.3 Mode Use and Car Ownership 8 2.3.1 Mode use 8 2.3.2 Car ownership 9 2.4 Roads and Freight 10 2.4.1 Road network 10 2.4.2 Crashes 14 2.4.3 Freight movement 20 2.5 Public Transport 24 2.5.1 QCity 24 2.5.2 ACTION 28 2.5.3 Regional public transport services 28 2.5.4 Regional coach services 28 2.5.5 Rail 29 2.5.6 Valmar community transport 29 2.5.7 Other public transport services 29 2.6 Active Transport 30 2.6.1 Queanbeyan 30 2.6.2 Braidwood 33 2.6.3 Bungendore 35 2.7 Car Parking 37 3.0 Vision and Key Policy Directions 38 3.1 Current Policies 38 3.1.1 State Policy 38 3.3.1 Southern Regional Transport Plan 41 3.1.2 Local Policy 42 3.2 ITS Vision and Goals 44 3.2.1 ITS vision 44 3.2.2 ITS goals 44 3.3 Sustainable Transport System 45 3.4 Active Transport 47 3.5 Public Transport 49 3.6 Roads 51 3.6.1 Road space allocation 51 3.6.2 Liveable streets 52 3.7 Freight 52 3.8 Themes 54 4.0 Principles and Strategic Responses 55 4.1 Key Principles 55 4.1.1 Transport network improvements 55 4.1.2 Creating a vibrant and safe CBD 55 4.1.3 Partnership with ACT and NSW Governments 56 4.1.4 Community and stakeholder engagement 56 P:\CBR\60544563\8. Issued Docs\8.1 Reports\ITS\DOCS\60544563 QPRC ITS FINAL 9 June 2020.docx Revision 5 – 09-Jun-2020 Prepared for – Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council – ABN: 95 933 070 982 AECOM Integrated Transport Strategy – Final Report 4.2 Strategic Responses 57 4.2.1 Active travel 57 4.2.2 Public Transport 58 4.2.3 Integrated land-use 58 4.2.4 Road network 58 4.2.5 Car parking 59 4.2.6 Freight 60 5.0 Network Development 61 5.1 Roads and Freight Network 61 5.1.1 Context 61 5.1.2 Future traffic demand 61 5.1.3 Actions 62 5.2 Public Transport 76 5.2.1 Context 76 5.2.2 Future public transport demand 76 5.2.3 Actions 77 5.3 Active Travel 90 5.3.1 Context 90 5.3.2 Actions 90 6.0 Implementation Plan 95 6.1 Roads and Freight Network 95 6.1.1 Roads and intersections 95 6.1.2 Parking 98 6.1.3 Freight 99 6.2 Public Transport 99 6.3 Active Travel 102 7.0 Monitoring and Review Plan 108 8.0 References 109 Appendix A Action Plan Maps A List of Figures Figure 1: 2016 Census journey to work mode use in main QPRC towns ii Figure 2: Labour force living in Capital Region and working in the ACT 5 Figure 3: Commuters to the ACT by age group and region of origin 2016 6 Figure 4: Workplace of QPRC residents by town 2016 7 Figure 5: 2016 Census journey to work mode use in main QPRC towns 8 Figure 6: Car ownership in QPRC 9 Figure 7: Regional road map 10 Figure 8: Queanbeyan road hierarchy 11 Figure 9: QPRC daily traffic volumes 12 Figure 10: Queanbeyan daily traffic volumes 13 Figure 11: Queanbeyan crashes by severity 15 Figure 12: Bungendore crashes by severity 16 Figure 13: Braidwood crashes by severity 17 Figure 14: Crash rates per kilometre on rural roads in QPRC 18 Figure 15: NSW regional intermodal terminal network 21 Figure 16: Queanbeyan heavy vehicle routes 22 Figure 17: Regional heavy vehicle routes 23 Figure 18: QCity Queanbeyan bus services 25 Figure 19: QCity Canberra, Jerrabomberra and Googong bus services 26 Figure 20: School bus routes 27 Figure 21: NSW Trainlink train and coach services 28 Figure 22: Queanbeyan existing street map and pathways 31 Figure 23: Braidwood street map and pathways 34 Figure 24: Bungendore street map and pathways 36 Figure 25: Six customer and network outcomes 38 P:\CBR\60544563\8. Issued Docs\8.1 Reports\ITS\DOCS\60544563 QPRC ITS FINAL 9 June 2020.docx Revision 5 – 09-Jun-2020 Prepared for – Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council – ABN: 95 933 070 982 AECOM Integrated Transport Strategy – Final Report Figure 26: Importance of Global Gateway Cities 39 Figure 27: Spatial efficiency of moving people in cars versus public transport 49 Figure 28: 400 m walk distance to QCity bus routes 50 Figure 29: Potential future new roads in Queanbeyan 62 Figure 30: Dunns Creek Road alignment options 64 Figure 31: Potential future road links to Fyshwick and Symonston industrial areas 65 Figure 32: Future arterial access from Googong to Old Cooma Road 66 Figure 33: Forecast growth in truck movements in region 72 Figure 34: Freight route hierarchy 74 Figure 35: Origin and destination of QCity trips 77 Figure 36: Indicative locations for future park and ride car parks near Jerrabomberra 80 Figure 37: Potential reconstruction of Jerrabomberra Circle 80 Figure 38: Indicative location for future park and ride car park near Old Cooma Road 81 Figure 39: Indicative locations for future park and ride car parks near Ellerton Dr 82 Figure 40: Possible future Morisset Street bus lane 83 Figure 41: ACT light rail network master plan 88 Figure 42: Proposed Queanbeyan walk and bicycle network master plan 92 Figure 43: Proposed Bungendore walk and bicycle network master plan 93 Figure 44: Proposed Braidwood walk and bicycle network master plan 94 Figure 45: Action table showing priorities for roads and intersections 95 Figure 46: Proposed works plan for Queanbeyan – high priority 103 Figure 47: Proposed works plan for Queanbeyan – medium priority 104 Figure 48: Bungendore walk and bicycle network upgrade priorities 105 Figure 49: Braidwood walk and bicycle network upgrade priorities 106 List of Tables Table 1: Road network main issues and strategic responses iii Table 2: Freight main issues and strategic responses iv Table 3: Active travel main issues and strategic responses iv Table 4: Public transport main issues and strategic responses v Table 5: Parking main issues and strategic responses v Table 6: Land-use main issues and strategic responses v Table 7: Destination location of QPRC resident workers in 2016 6 Table 8: Origin location of QPRC jobs in 2016 7 Table 9: Car ownership in QPRC 9 Table 10: Crash severity by locality 14 Table 11: Queanbeyan intersection crashes 14 Table 12: Number of crashes and crash rates on rural roads in QPRC 19 Table 13: NSW average casualty crash rate by RMS rural road hierarchy class 20 Table 14: Rail services 29 Table 15: Active travel main issues and strategic responses 57 Table 16: Public transport main issues and strategic responses 58 Table 17: Land-use main issues and strategic responses 58 Table 18: Road network main issues and strategic responses 59 Table 19: Parking main issues and strategic responses 59 Table 20: Freight main issues and strategic responses 60 Table 21: Proposed intersection improvements 68 Table 22: Queanbeyan CBD car parking management actions 70 Table 23: Freight management actions 75 Table 24: Comparison of NSW current and proposed fares with ACT 85 Table 25: Priorities for car parking management actions 98 Table 26: Freight management actions 99 Table 27: Action table showing priorities for public transport 99 Table 28: Cost of pedestrian and cycle network upgrades 107 Table 29: Action table showing priorities for active transport (non-infrastructure actions) 107 P:\CBR\60544563\8.