South East Queensland (SEQ) is one of the fastest growing regions in Australia. Government has made a series of commitments to managing growth including creation of a regional planning body with a statutory regional plan; an infrastructure plan and program with committed funding over 20 years; and a public transport network plan with a ten year horizon. There is growing recognition that planning, infrastructure and services alone will not cater for transport demand over the next 20 years. As a result, the Queensland Government has canvassed a suite of transport policy initiatives to better manage its transport assets. The vehicle for testing these policies with the SEQ community is the Smart Travel Choices for South East Queensland: A Transport Green Paper (Smart Travel Choices). The initiatives aim to encourage people to replace some of their car journeys with walking, cycling or public transport. They are also designed to better manage traffic and freight movement, and sustain the transport outcomes made through the Queensland Government's existing and proposed planning, infrastructure and service measures. Consultation on the Green Paper took place at the beginning of 2006. A future White Paper will consider the best options from the Green Paper, having regard to community, business and stakeholder feedback. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E214755.
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