Page 2849 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 14 August 2019
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Engagement Team and the School Psychology Service and the implementation of the Early Years Literacy Years Initiative that commenced in 2017. The Education Directorate has strong foundations in place to meet the needs of students with learning difficulties and continues to build on these foundations through ongoing professional learning for staff, strengthened relationships with the University of Canberra and a future focused approach to personalised learning that connects young people with their learning.
Restoration of Belconnen bus services—petitions 9-19 and 12-19
By Mr Steel, Minister for Transport and City Services, undated, in response to petitions lodged by Mrs Kikkert on Thursday, 15 May 2019 concerning Belconnen bus network changes.
The response read as follows:
Dear Mr Duncan
Thank you for your letter of 15 May 2019 regarding petitions No 9-19 and 12-19 lodged by Mrs Kikkert MLA regarding Belconnen bus network changes.
Through community consultation in 2017 and 2018, Canberrans told us that they want their public transport network to provide more frequent and reliable services, and increased services across on and off-peak times.
While the Government appreciates that the previous network may have provided a suitable travel option for some Canberrans, to provide a more frequent and reliable network for our growing city all routes and services were reviewed and redesigned to encourage more Canberrans to use public transport.
On this measure, the new network has been a success. Overall, around 10% more journeys were made on public transport during the first ten weeks of the new network, compared with the same period in 2018.
I am pleased to advise that since the introduction of the new public transport network at the beginning of Term 2 2019. More than 223 dedicated school bus services and many thousands of other bus and light rail services are used by school students.
During Term 2 2019, the number of journeys made by school students on Transport Canberra services increased by 3.25%, equivalent to more than 25, 000 extra journeys in just ten weeks.
While some students are changing buses more, this has been offset by other students who are now able to make a direct trip to or from school.
During Term 2 2019, about 74% of school students using public transport caught a single bus or light rail vehicle as part of their journey. In comparison, during the same period in 2018, this figure was 81%.
Of those students who do transfer, almost all change between buses or light rail vehicles just once, with less than 2.6% of school students journeys during the first ten weeks of the new network involving two or more transfers.
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