Commencing: Wednesday 16 February 2022, at 9.35 am
Venue: via Zoom (Audio Visual meeting)
Chairperson: Cr Andrew von Dadelszen
Deputy Chairperson: Cr Lyall Thurston
Members: Bay of Plenty Regional Council:
Cr Paula Thompson
Cr Jane Nees
Cr Norm Bruning
Chairman Doug Leeder (ex-officio)
Rotorua Lakes Council/ Lakes Community Board
Phill Thomass
Whakatāne District Council
Mayor Judy Turner
Tauranga City Council
Commissioner Stephen Selwood – Tauranga City Council,
Waka Kotahi – NZTA (non-voting)
Jess Andrew
Michelle Te Wharau (Alternate)
In Attendance: Bay of Plenty Regional Council: Cr Matemoana McDonald – Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Namouta Poutasi – General Manager, Strategy and Science, Jessica Easton – Legal and Commercial Manager, James Llewellyn – Transport and Urban Planning Manager, Bron Healey – Principal Advisor, Regional Development, Amanda Namana – Committee Advisor
Apologies: Mayor Garry Webber – Western Bay Plenty District Council, Cr Stacey Rose – Bay of Plenty Regional Council
This Workshop was recorded and can be accessed on Council’s
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Transport Committee Workshop - 16 February 2022
Members’ Opening Comments:
· Achieving mode shift in the region continued to be a significant challenge that required a collaborative approach
· The Regional Public Transport Plan (RPTP) needed to recognise the severity of all the challenges being faced across the region and have a stronger emphasis on the extent of these challenges. For Tauranga City, there was significant growth and development occurring, it’s important to be aspirational but realistic.
· Even achieving all mode shift aspirations would not do enough to reduce carbon emissions. Road pricing was potentially the most significant tool to have impact on all of the goals including carbon reduction, mode shift and the best long tern transport land use scenario, this needed to be made clear in the RPTP
· Design for the future for when using public transport became a reality – planning past the impacts of Covid-19
· The target market for the RPTP still needed to be more clearly identified – noted that ‘transport’ included light commercial fleets and heavy freight etc, which could not be moved to public transport and contributed to emissions
· Important to recognise that the RPTP was for public transport across the entire Bay of Plenty region
· Commended staff efforts across the three RPTP workshops held to date and the responsiveness to direction provided.
Workshop Purpose:
To continue reviewing the emerging draft Regional Public Transport Plan (RPTP) with a specific focus on remaining key policy topics.
Guidance Sought:
Input and feedback on the following:
1) Brief recap on the RPTP strategic framework (challenges and opportunities, vision, objectives, focus areas) - revised following feedback at the previous workshop.
2) Future strategy – Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty (draft content).
3) New or revised policy proposals and associated actions covering the following objective areas:
i. Mode shift and carbon reduction;
ii. Service planning and design;
iii. Service and infrastructure delivery;
iv. Public transport and land use integration;
v. Customer experience and information; and
vi. Fares and pricing.
2. Regional Public Transport Plan Review
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RPTP Strategic Framework Recap Presentation: Regional Public Transport Plan Review: Objective ID A4042196 |
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Presented By: Bron Healey – Principal Advisor, Regional Development and James Llewellyn – Transport and Urban Planning Manager. Key Points: · Provided background and process update · Recapped the amended RPTP strategic framework · A significant change was two further opportunities identified: o Public transport marketing, branding and promotion o Innovation and technology · New Objective – public transport and land use integration, noted that the KPI associated with this came from UFTI. Members’ Comments/ Guidance Provided: · Marketing o Identification of potential customers, also needed to be a key focus area o Targeting of commuter customers and schools o Taking a sub-regional approach · Provide definition of urban transformation and link to an aspiration towards the National Policy Statement for Urban Development’s (NPS-UD) liveable cities · Request for greater context around issues ahead and opportunities, including a tool such as road pricing · As the RPTP changed in its various forms, it was important to fully engage with the community to refine objectives · Emphasise broad support from both regional and public transport committees around the benefits of road pricing · Expressed support for the vision · Queried whether the carbon reduction and mode shift targets were ambitious enough - needed to be achievable but also meaningful · Having the support of the public was essential to achieving mode shift · A different approach and design was needed for isolated and rural communities as they had different needs. The RPTP needed to have an across the region focus · Clarify data by identifying school children in two ways – those that use the school bus and those that use the public buses. In Response to Questions: · Market research for potential customers and triggers to use public transport could be highlighted through identifying actions to implement the high level strategy and supported aspirations · Community engagement had been undertaken in the early phases, for input on key topics. There had subsequently been targeted engagement with stakeholders through workshops - this input fed into the draft content prepared to date · The basis for the target on public transport and land use integration was quantitative and evidence based · Finding a balance between a focus on the public transport system and highlighting the demand management tools to support mode shift was about getting the focus and the language right · There was a key challenge and opportunity around providing access needs for the wider region in innovative ways. |
10.39 am – The Workshop adjourned.
10.50 am - The Workshop reconvened.