South East Queensland Regional Plan
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The South East Queensland Regional Plan 2005-2026 is a high level planning document for South East Queensland, defining a large number of policies encompassing environmental, social, urban development and infrastructural issues. It is published by the Queensland Government's Office of Urban Management under the Integrated Planning Act, and is available as a single 22 MB PDF [1] or broken into sections [2]. Implementation is tracked in the South East Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Programme, with a 1.5 MB PDF guide to the two documents [3].
Cycling
Cycling does not feature prominently in the document. There are passing mentions:
- as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions (s2.3),
- as a recreational use of regional trails (s3.5),
- as requiring paths to access community hubs (s6.1),
- as a physical activity to be promoted through provision of a cycle network (s6.4),
- as needing good local street connectivity (s8.3),
- as able to be promoted through the development of regional activity centres (s8.6)
More substantial mention is made in section 8.7 "Integrated land use and transport planning", which talks about "transit oriented developments": local centres with high cycling accessibility and public transport connectivity. It contains a policy to "manage" (perhaps a euphemism for "limit") car parking provision in regional activity centres in order to support cycling.
Section 12 "Integrated Transport" recognises various benefits of cycling and says it must be made more attractive, also noting that cycling can reduce the need for major road improvements. It contains policies requiring support for cycling in urban development and provision of new infrastructure, services and information. The section also refers to Smart Travel Choices for SEQ: A Transport Green Paper and the SEQ Regional Cycle Network Plan. It also proposes the development of new pedestrian and cycle bridges in Brisbane, presumably the Tank Street Bridge and Kangaroo Point Bridge.
