Page 2738 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 16 August 2017
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(d) implementing an integrated ticket system across all Transport Canberra services;
(e) introducing new technology and transport innovations such as electric buses and conducting an Autonomous Vehicle trial; and
(f) delivering a city-wide light rail network to provide a mass transit system fit for a growing city;
(3) notes that, in the 2017-2018 Budget, the ACT Government is:
(a) continuing construction of Stage 1 of light rail from Gungahlin to the City;
(b) investing in the design and procurement of Stage 2 of light rail from the City to Woden;
(c) introducing new Rapid Bus Routes, particularly the expansion of the Blue Rapid to Lanyon and the introduction of the Black Rapid and Green Rapid services;
(d) procuring an integrated bus and light rail ticketing system;
(e) investing in the Community Transport Coordination Centre, incorporating the Flexible Bus Service and special needs transport;
(f) providing ongoing funding for the 182 Weston line bus service and continuation of the Free City Loop bus service; and
(g) building a range of new bus stops throughout Canberra, particularly in Gundaroo, and on Athllon Drive in Kambah and Wanniassa;
(4) calls on the ACT Government to deliver Stage 2 of the city-wide light rail network to Woden; and
(5) calls on all Members of the Assembly to support a city-wide light rail network for Canberra.
By 2031 there will be almost half a million people living in Canberra, and by 2061 we could see between 612,000 and 904,000 fellow Canberrans living in our vibrant city. We need to adapt to improve mobility around our city for the future now. That is why our government has a positive plan to build a better transport network to keep Canberrans moving and to meet the needs of our growing city. We know that if we do not make the right transport decisions in the present, our fate will be to suffer Sydney’s reality.
It would be simple and easy to propose that we put more cars on the road, build more road duplications and add more buses, but that will not solve our problems. It will create an unliveable city of gridlock in the future. That is why it is critical that we build Canberra’s transport system to meet its greatest possible potential, with our city’s first mass transit system in the light rail project, and we need to think about how
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