COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS: REVIEW OF URBAN CONGESTION
TRENDS, IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS
Study of Successful Congestion Management Approaches and the Role of Charging, Taxes, Levies and Infrastructure and Service Pricing in Travel Demand Management
Which of these measures aimed at reducing traffic congestion and yielding near-term results are treated in your city’s Transport Master Plan?
Source: https://bitre.gov.au/publications/2007/files/cr_001_Congestion_Management_Approaches.pdf
COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS: REVIEW OF URBAN CONGESTION
TRENDS, IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS
# # #
About the editor:
Eric Britton
13, rue Pasteur. Courbevoie 92400 France
Bio: Founding editor of World Streets (1988), Eric Britton is an American political scientist, teacher, occasional consultant, and sustainability activist who has observed, learned, taught and worked on missions and advisory assignments on all continents. In the autumn of 2019, he committed his remaining life work to the challenges of aggressively countering climate change and specifically greenhouse gas emissions emanating from the mobility sector. He is not worried about running out of work. Further background and updates: @ericbritton | http://bit.ly/2Ti8LsX | #fekbritton | https://twitter.com/ericbritton | and | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericbritton/ Contact: climate@newmobility.org) | +336 508 80787 (Also WhatApp) | Skype: newmobility.)
WORLD STREETS __ A New Mobility Action Plan for 2022 
Thanks Eric. Interesting to a person involved in questioning whether (m)any of these items (strategies, policies, etc) are really being applied widely or only in a few specific cases in Australia as compared with implementation elsewhere.. There does seem to be a lot of “weasel” words ie which are open to interpretation? One missing element which has very significant impacts across most of the items on the list is ‘urban speed limits’ with vast kilometres of local residential streets still 50km/h and most main roads 60km/h or more – making car use by far the most attractive mode … until congestion becomes a problem. So is congestion reduction really a strategy to improve roads for the current mode share? There are very few areas of 40km/h and almost none of 30km/h. There are almost no areas of “shared zones” ie shared with people of all ages and abilities walking, cycling or disability aids. So is this list really a commitment or just another example of “things we are looking at” but have been looking at for, in some cases, up to 30-40 or more years? One “easy” to implement measure is 50/30 yet it is not even on the list!!!! With that added, a useful list? Or akin to New Year resolutions? Good intentions that somehow don’t eventuate?
Michel Yeates Brisbane Australia Sent from my Windows 10 device
________________________________