THE FUTURE FOR NON MOTORISED PASSENGER TRANSPORT IN AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITIES . NATIONAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE; TRANSPORT FOR THE USERS; MELBOURNE, 23-25 MAY 1989; PREPRINT OF PAPERS
This paper proposes two complimentary strategies for increasing access in outer urban areas by other means than cars with only one passenger. The past trends and future potential on non motorised transport in general and the trip to work in particular are analysed. In the capital cities the average percentage of bicycle trips to work since 1976 has increased from 0.87 per cent to 1.63 per cent in 1986 and walking trips have declined from 5.8 per cent to 3.8 per cent in the same period. The current trend is that walking will continue to decline as a direct means of travel to work or school or as an access mode to public transport. Ergonomic data are presented showing that cycling has ten times the potential of walking as an access mode to express trains or buses or to access shared cars. The uncontrolled growth of bicycle theft is a major problem for bike/rail users in Australia and hardware for overcoming this problem are described. Japanese support systems for the 3 million Japanese national railways (jnr) bike/rail users are described. It is concluded that the bicycle has much greater potential as an access mode in the capital cities than as a direct means of commuting. Both walking and cycling have potential as an access mode to innovative forms of car sharing or pooling. These new forms need to be supported by computerised passenger information services and personal tax incentives and will be used mostly for cross suburban trips. Both bike/rail and bike/express bus travel could be used for trips from the outer suburbs to the inner suburbs which have 40 per cent of the work destinations in Melbourne and a similar proportion in other capital cities (a). For the covering record of the conference, see IRRD no 814837.
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- PARKER, A A
- Publication Date: 1989-5
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 7
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Serial:
- Publication of: Australian Road Research Board
- Issue Number: 89/7
- Publisher: ARRB
- ISSN: 1445-4467
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Bicycles; Carpools; Conferences; Health; Modal split; Prevention; Public transit; Railcar pooling; Schools; Taxes; Transfer points; Transfers; Transportation modes; Urban areas; Walking; Work trips
- Geographic Terms: Australia
- Subject Areas: Education and Training; Finance; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00499495
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- ISBN: 0-85825-461-1
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM