Documents




Network Principles in Public Transport

Organization before Electronics before Concrete
Short and readable, sourced from Publictransit.us

The Principles of Public Transport Network Planning: A review of the emerging literature with select examples
Academic paper from Griffith University.


Transport Visions for 2031:

These documents outline some of the strategic thinking that is going into improving public transport in the city of Perth and in the South East Queensland region. Consider them in comparison to the issues we face in Adelaide.

“Connecting SEQ 2031”   (pdf,  2.4 Mb)
More information & original source at: www.connectingseq.qld.gov.au/

"Public Transport for Perth in 2031"    (pdf,  8 Mb)
More information & original source at: www.transport.wa.gov.au/23281.asp


Bowden Transit Oriented Development

Check out  www.lifemoreinteresting.com.au/lmi/index.html  The site so far is mostly advertising fluff but the documents below contain the actual detail of what may be expected. You can get them at the downloads section of the LMI site or directly from below.

Bowden_Stage_1_First_Release.pdf (4 pages)

Bowden_Urban_Design_Guidelines.pdf (84 pages)


Noarlunga Regional Centre TOD

A State Government plan to guide the transformation of the Noarlunga Regional Centre into a Transist Oriented Development.

Web page here Noarlunga TOD - Transit Oriented Development

Some direct links to individual items below. Brochure (pdf file, 5.30 Mb)
Regional Centre Structure Plan (pdf file, 4.5 Mb)
Noarlunga Station Master Precinct Plan (pdf file, 5 Mb)

This last document was originally produced by the Public Transport Users Association We would like to thank them for their permission to use their work in our submission.

Also available as a pdf file (672 Kb) at
http://www.ptua.org.au/2008/04/14/garnaut-transport-submission/

An earlier document
Final Report Public Transport:  
Sixty - Fifth report of the Environment, Resources and Development Committee --- Tabled in the House of Assembly and ordered to be published, 1 December 2009

(141p., 6.68 MB, pdf file)

This is a report from the South Australian Parliament inquiring
"On the development of an efficient and integrated public transport system incorporating all forms of public transport and necessary infrastructure improvements.

 


PPT Documents & Submissions to Government

Transport Enquiry - 2008 Environment, Resources and Development Committee Parliament of South Australia

The PPT submission to the inquiry includes a short summary paper
(3 pages) along with the following three attachments:

Attachment A - What are the Features of Good Public Transport (9p)
Attachment B - Climate Policy at the Junction (57p, 672 Kb, pdf)
Attachment C - What's Wrong with Depending on Cars (12 pages)

The original Terms of Reference (2p, 66Kb, pdf)


PPT Submission to the Legislative Council - May 2008

Recently PPT has presented a submission to the South Australian Legislative Council, specifically to the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on Peak Oil.

This submission consisted of five documents, listed below.

Other Submissions



PPT Conferences

CONFERENCE - October 2003
"Missed Opportunities - New Possibilities"

These reports are excerpted from the journal
TRANSIT AUSTRALIA - February 2004, Vol. 59, No. 2 , pp 41-43 We wish to thank the publishers for their kind permission to reprint these items.

These documents can be viewed separately at the following links or as one complete document in pdf format.

Complete set of reports   download here  pdf file 188 Kb


CONFERENCE - October 2002


CONFERENCE - October 2000
Public Transport - Dinosaur or Way of the Future?
"The Economics of Public Transport"


CONFERENCE - August 1999
"Public Transport in Adelaide: Problems & Visions"

   
Darlington Transport Study

This is a major proposal by the SA State Government that involves changes in public transport infrastructure, road transport corridors and land use in the Sturt Triangle, Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders University and associated areas.

Go to http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/darlington to see all about it.

Some direct links to individual items below.

Darlington Transport Study - Executive Summary (pdf file, 8 Mb)
Darlington Transport Study - Draft Environmental Report(pdf file, 13.5 Mb)

Rail Visualization Animation
Road Visualization Animation


Transit Oriented Development (TOD)

Here in South Australia the Government is planning our first ever TOD in Bowden, to be followed eventually by others. If you need some guidance into what is a TOD and more importantly what makes a good TOD then please have a look below at this small sampling of documents gleaned from the experience of cities around the world.

Transit-Oriented Development: Factors and Elements of Success
Baltimore TOD Summit – 12/10/2007
 (44p, 4.78 MB, pdf file)

Transit Oriented Development Amended December 2005 Policy Guidelines - City of Calgary (44p, 1.11 MB, pdf file)

Transit-Oriented Zoning and Transit-Oriented Development
City & County of Honolulu TOD Program
(56p, 4.85 MB, pdf file)

Ten Principles for Successful Development Around Transit
Urban Land Institute - USA
(56p, 4.55 MB, pdf file)

Transit Oriented Development Principles, Best Practice and Implementation
(14p, 1.06 MB, pdf file)    Presented at the PPT Annual General Meeting 2009 by our guest speaker Benjamin Russ of  Infraplan (Aust) Pty Ltd



State Budget 2008 - Significant new investments in public transport

The 2008 South Australian State Budget has surprised us all by announcing large new investments in public transport infrastructure. For the first time in many years we are about to get the kind of spending that will make possible significant improvements in services.

Check out the following links for further information:

Budget: Public Transport, 5 June 2008 
Source : News: Premiers and Ministers of South Australia

New Connections - Sustainable Adelaide      
Source : Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure
Also available from here (pdf File, 363 Kb)

2008-09 Budget Paper 4: Portfolio Statement, Volume 2 (1440 KB)
Volume 2 contains the figures relating to public transport
Source : Department of Treasury and Finance:
Also available from here (pdf File, 1.40 Mb)



Miscellaneous Items

People for Public Transport - 2009 Annual Report    .pdf file, 3p



Making public transport work in Melbourne
People and Place, Sept, 2009 by David McCloskey, Bob Birrell, Rose Yip
(MS Word doc, 11p, 83 Kb)


How dense are we?
Another look at urban density and transport patterns in Australia, Canada and the USA
Paul Mees, School of Global Studies, Social Science & Planning, RMIT
(.pdf file, 15p, 127Kb)



Final Report Public Transport: Sixty - Fifth report of the Environment, Resources and Development Committee Tabled in the House of Assembly and ordered to be published, 1 December 2009
  (141p., 6.68 MB, pdf file)

This is a report from the South Australian Parliament inquiring "On the development of an efficient and integrated public transport system incorporating all forms of public transport and necessary infrastructure improvements.


Messenger Press Articles - "Off The Rails"

Late in 2003 the Messenger Press newspapers undertook an audit of Adelaide's Railway stations. A number of PPT Members and SARTAG (Southern Area Transport Advisory Group) members were involved in this process.

There was some degree of overlap and repetition in the text and pictures published in the various editions so here is a representative sample of the articles that resulted from the audit.


Bedford Park Interchange

Submisssion to the Development Assistance Commission on the proposed Bedford Park Transport Interchange.


Liveable, Sustainable Cities
David Hill, Research Officer, Australasian Railway Association Inc
Conference Paper, Sydney, April 5 2001


Millswood Railway Station - Patronage Survey Report & Press Release