Free Public Transport for STC Forum and AGM

The STC is holding a forum on 'Transparency in Infrastructure Decision-Making on Monday 3rd November at City West Lotteries House in West Perth (http://sustainabletransportcoalitionofwa.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/forum-on-transparency-in-infrastructure.html)

As well as the venue being in the Free Transit Zone and very accessible by the free Green and Yellow CAT buses, the WA Government has announced that you will be able to travel free on public transport to and from the Forum, wherever you live in Perth.

We strongly encourage you to take advantage of this 'once-in-a-lifetime' opportunity if you live too far away to walk or cycle.


























Posted by Ian Ker, Deputy Convenor, STCWA

Forum on Transparency in Infrastructure Decision-Making.

Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested - and encourage them to come along.

Transparency and Objectivity Needed in Transport Appraisal

http://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/2014/overview-project-appraisal.aspx

On Friday 5 September 2014, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, the Hon Jamie Briggs MP, released for public comment, a proposed project appraisal framework, developed by the The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics, in consultation with state and territory governments.

This paper is described as the outcome of Australian, state and territory governments agreeing to consult to develop a more sophisticated and consistent framework to assess and evaluate major infrastructure projects.

Unfortunately, the consultation period has only been four weeks (closes 3rd October) and there appears to have been little real attempt to engage transport professionals, practitioners and other stakeholders - we only became aware of it, indirectly, a few days before the closing date.

The STCWA has made a submission addressing key issues in the appraisal framework (see below), but our primary concern is that all projects should be subject to objective appraisal and that there should be transparency (ie appraisals should be made public) - see http://sustainabletransportcoalitionofwa.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/lack-of-transparency-in-transport.html. 

Posted by Ian Ker, Deputy Convener, STCWA