Streamline the Making it easier and quicker for Streamlining the development approval process for The Tasmanian Government could investigate the viability development developers to gain planning certain types of development would encourage of this option. approval approval along the corridor developers to become more active along the corridor – processes in the as long as the developments which would: are compliant i.e. dense, well corridor Facilitate the development of our cities (IASP5) by designed development. increasing dense infill development Increase public transport usage by diverting development and residents towards key public transport corridors Reduce overall car dependency and greenhouse gas emissions by diverting some development away from green-field car dependent sites. Creating a Developing a uniform approach A uniform approach to parking will remove the current The Tasmanian Government could investigate the viability parking policy to parking across all LGAs to competition between LGAs to offer free and abundant of this option in concert with local government. ensure LGAs are not offering parking. This will make car transportation relatively accord cheap (free) abundant parking less attractive and therefore : in competition with other LGAs. Increase public transport usage, thereby creating more demand and the likelihood of more services, which will in turn improve transport access and options. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Reduce road congestion. Operations Marketing Creating and engaging in This initiative is designed to increase demand for The Tasmanian Government is promoting the – ‘Turn Up public transport marketing campaigns to public transport. and initiative where a maximum wait time is specified Go’ usage encourage people to use public on the main road corridor between Hobart and Glenorchy. transport.
Streamline the development approval processes in the corridor Making it easier and quicker for developers to gain planning approval along the corridor – as long as the developments are compliant i.e. dense, well designed development. Streamlining the development approval process for certain types of development would encourage developers to become more active along the corridor which would: Facilitate the development of our cities (IASP5) by increasing dense infill development Increase public transport usage by diverting development and residents towards key public transport corridors Reduce overall car dependency and greenhouse gas emissions by diverting some development away from green-field car dependent sites. The Tasmanian Government could investigate the viability of this option. Creating a parking policy accord Developing a uniform approach to parking across all LGAs to ensure LGAs are not offering cheap (free) abundant parking in competition with other LGAs. A uniform approach to parking will remove the current competition between LGAs to offer free and abundant parking. This will make car transportation relatively less attractive and therefore : Increase public transport usage, thereby creating more demand and the likelihood of more services, which will in turn improve transport access and options. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Reduce road congestion. The Tasmanian Government could investigate the viability of this option in concert with local government. Operations Marketing – public transport usage Creating and engaging in marketing campaigns to encourage people to use public transport. This initiative is designed to increase demand for public transport. The Tasmanian Government is promoting the ‘Turn Up and Go’ initiative where a maximum wait time is specified on the main road corridor between Hobart and Glenorchy.
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