different policy drivers applicable to each.. 7.4.2 Crisis and transitional Supported. There is a serious lack of crisis and transitional accommodation in accommodation Boroondara particularly for women fleeing family violence, and for young homeless people. Need 10 - Meet growing demand for access to economic activity in central Melbourne Recommendation Sub-recommendation title Comment 10.4 Enhance and upgrade 10.4.1 Public transport real-time Supported. The provision of real time information for all modes of transport, and existing public transport information particularly tram and bus services, would assist in encouraging greater public Infrastructure to maximise transport use and would also allow for the development of mobile phone the efficiency and operation applications that build upon the success of tramTRACKER. of an integrated multimodal 10.4.5 Metropolitan rail Supported. The Boroondara Integrated Transport Strategy supports network upgrades improvements to public transport services to provide improved services to our community. Council disagrees with the exclusion of Doncaster heavy rail proposal from the draft Strategy recommendations. Refer earlier comments at section 2.3 of this submission. 10.4.7 High-capacity signalling Supported. The provision of high capacity signalling systems to improve the reliability and performance of train services is supported and is in line with the vision in Council’s Integrated Transport Strategy. 10.6 Make better use of the 10.6.1 Road asset management This recommendation is generally supported. It is important to note the existing road network to significant work undertaken by VicRoads to develop the SmartRoads philosophy maximise passenger and the more recent Road User Hierarchy. Both approaches to road throughput, traffic flow and management seek to make better use of the existing road space by prioritising value for money roads for users and implementing projects to do the same. The proposed review of the responsibility for roads between the state and local
different policy drivers applicable to each.. 7.4.2 Crisis and transitional accommodation Supported. There is a serious lack of crisis and transitional accommodation in Boroondara particularly for women fleeing family violence, and for young homeless people. Need 10 - Meet growing demand for access to economic activity in central Melbourne Recommendation Sub-recommendation title Comment 10.4 Enhance and upgrade existing public transport Infrastructure to maximise the efficiency and operation of an integrated multimodal network 10.4.1 Public transport real-time information Supported. The provision of real time information for all modes of transport, and particularly tram and bus services, would assist in encouraging greater public transport use and would also allow for the development of mobile phone applications that build upon the success of tramTRACKER. 10.4.5 Metropolitan rail upgrades Supported. The Boroondara Integrated Transport Strategy supports improvements to public transport services to provide improved services to our community. Council disagrees with the exclusion of Doncaster heavy rail proposal from the draft Strategy recommendations. Refer earlier comments at section 2.3 of this submission. 10.4.7 High-capacity signalling Supported. The provision of high capacity signalling systems to improve the reliability and performance of train services is supported and is in line with the vision in Council’s Integrated Transport Strategy. 10.6 Make better use of the existing road network to maximise passenger throughput, traffic flow and value for money 10.6.1 Road asset management This recommendation is generally supported. It is important to note the significant work undertaken by VicRoads to develop the SmartRoads philosophy and the more recent Road User Hierarchy. Both approaches to road management seek to make better use of the existing road space by prioritising roads for users and implementing projects to do the same. The proposed review of the responsibility for roads between the state and local
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