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Taskforce outcomes achieved to date

Credited with being behind breakthrough work which put a $4 billion annual price tag on Melbourne’s transport congestion, the Taskforce has produced several key pieces of work, prior to its submission to the EWLNA, including the Bus, Road and Rail Policy Statement, in June 2005, and the Five Year Public Transport Priorities Report, in November 2005.

Recommendations from the latter were taken up in the State Government’s 10-year transport plan, Transport and Liveability Statement (TLS), Meeting Our Transport Challenges, released in May 2006.

The TLS pledged $10.5 billion over 10 years to ease transport congestion, took a long-term approach to managing the issue, and planned improvements in public transport services, infrastructure, and accessibility – all recommendations of the Taskforce.

Four areas in which the TLS reflected the Taskforce’s suggestions were capacity and performance, signaling and control, expanded peak and off-peak services, and attractiveness of the public transport to encourage patronage.

Additionally, the Taskforce’s Bus, Road and Rail Policy Statements released early 2005, recognised key problem areas for Melbourne’s transport system in economic, environmental and social terms, and highlighted the impending crisis developing in Melbourne if these problems were not urgently addressed.

The Taskforce emphasised that the solutions to these emerging problems required significant investment across co-ordinated, key projects which included completing the road network, upgrading the bus system and a reform of the road user pricing and funding system.

Led by Co-Chairs Mr Russell Caplan, Chairman, Shell Australia, and Mr Roger Poole, Executive Chairman, Bates Smart, the Taskforce has:

• Delivered Melbourne one of the World’s best intermodal integrated transport system; and
• Led debate on innovative funding choices and major issues such as congestion.

Transport Taskforce Background

The Committee views Melbourne’s reputation as the world’s most liveable city as a vital foundation for its economic and social development.

Melbourne’s success is reflected in currently having the fastest population growth of all Australian capital cities.

An efficient and effective transport system is important to sustain Melbourne’s liveability and prosperity, both of these aspects, the Committee for Melbourne works to preserve and further develop.

The Committee established the Transport Taskforce in 2004, and advocates a multimodal, integrated transport system for Melbourne, innovative funding choices and continued action to tackle the big, difficult issues, such as congestion.

The Transport Taskforce has been running since 2004 and achieved the following key outcomes:

• Phase 1: Bus, Road and Rail Policy statements
• Phase 2: Five Year Public Transport Priorities Report
• Phase 3: Submission to Sir Rod Eddington’s East-West Needs Assessment

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