Providing a funding model to incentivise the purchase of bus services), bus compliant vehicles operators Requiring all general access bus operators to provide an By when: ongoing Action Plan to the Human Rights Commission’. ‘Australian 3.3 Finalise the Greater Launceston Metropolitan Passenger Transport Plan. Department of State Growth By when: 2017 3.4 Improve transport on the north west and west coasts by: Department of State Growth, Department of Improving bus services between Latrobe and Burnie to Health and Human minimise travel and improve connectivity, particularly Services, bus operators between the North West Regional Hospital and the Mersey Community Hospital to support the implementation of health By when: 2016-2017 reform, as well as to the Burnie campus of the University of (completed) Tasmania Establish bus services between the west and Burnie. 3.5 As part of the Public Bus Service Recontracting Project (Project Department of 2018), develop a public transport network which is integrated, Growth direct and easy to understand. By when: 2019 Future opportunities 3.6 Implement the Main Road Transit Corridor bus priority and bus Department of State stop optimisation measures to improve travel time reliability. Growth, City of Hobart, Glenorchy City Council 3.7 Investigate other opportunities to reduce congestion, including Department of State measures to improve bus priority and bus stop optimisation on Growth, councils other corridors. 3.8 Review existing data, identify gaps and determine requirements for Department of new data collection to improve public transport services. Growth Better integration: ensuring public transport is easier to use through better coordination and integration of services. Public consultation conducted by TasCOSS in 2013 identified the lack of coordination between services, and the absence of common bus stops and interchanges as key transport issues for transport disadvantaged Tasmanians.
Providing a funding model to incentivise the purchase of compliant vehicles Requiring all general access bus operators to provide an Action Plan to the ‘Australian Human Rights Commission’. bus services), bus operators By when: ongoing 3.3 Finalise the Greater Launceston Metropolitan Passenger Transport Plan. Department of State Growth By when: 2017 3.4 Improve transport on the north west and west coasts by: Improving bus services between Latrobe and Burnie to minimise travel and improve connectivity, particularly between the North West Regional Hospital and the Mersey Community Hospital to support the implementation of health reform, as well as to the Burnie campus of the University of Tasmania Establish bus services between the west and Burnie. Department of State Growth, Department of Health and Human Services, bus operators By when: 2016-2017 (completed) 3.5 As part of the Public Bus Service Recontracting Project (Project 2018), develop a public transport network which is integrated, direct and easy to understand. Department of Growth By when: 2019 Future opportunities 3.6 Implement the Main Road Transit Corridor bus priority and bus stop optimisation measures to improve travel time reliability. Department of State Growth, City of Hobart, Glenorchy City Council 3.7 Investigate other opportunities to reduce congestion, including measures to improve bus priority and bus stop optimisation on other corridors. Department of State Growth, councils 3.8 Review existing data, identify gaps and determine requirements for new data collection to improve public transport services. Department of Growth Better integration: ensuring public transport is easier to use through better coordination and integration of services. Public consultation conducted by TasCOSS in 2013 identified the lack of coordination between services, and the absence of common bus stops and interchanges as key transport issues for transport disadvantaged Tasmanians.
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