TravelSmart Special Events Planning Resource Kit
10 - Key Policies/Initiatives
The following list highlights some of the most important planning policies developed by State, National and International governments to encourage people to reduce reliance on the car. As you can see, a lot of work is being done in this area and it is recognised as an important issue to address worldwide.
Australia
NSW
- Action for Air, 1998 (www.epa.nsw.gov.au/air/actionforair/index.htm)
- Action for Transport 2010, 1998 (www.transport.nsw.gov.au/pubs_legal/act2010.html)
- Shaping Our Cities, 1998 (www.planning.nsw.gov.au/plansforaction/metro.html)
- Draft SEPP 66: Integrating Land Use and Transport (www.planning.nsw.gov.au/programservices/transportchoice.html)
Vic
- Melbourne 2030 (www.melbourne2030.vic.gov.au)
- Linking Victoria (www.linkingvictoria.vic.gov.au)
WA
- Metropolitan Transport Strategy (under review as at November 2003) (www.dpi.wa.gov.au/metro/policies/pdfs/mts.pdf)
- Better Public Transport (under review as at November 2003) (www.transport.wa.gov.au/tenyearplan/home.html)
- Metropolitan Region Scheme (See www.wapc.wa.gov.au)
SA
- Draft Transport Plan (www.dtup.sa.gov.au/transport_plan/trans_plan.htm)
Qld
- Draft Integrated Transport Planning Framework (www.transport.qld.gov.au/qt/rtpweb.nsf/files/multimedia/$file/ITPF_WEB.pdf)
- Vision 2007 (See link at www.transport.qld.gov.au/qt/railport.nsf/index/freightlogqld)
- Integrated Regional Transport Plan for South East Queensland (www.transport.qld.gov.au/qt/IRTPSign.nsf/index/irtp)
United Kingdom
- Transport White Paper: A New Deal for Transport, Better for Everyone (www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_control/documents/contentservertemplate/dft_index.hcst?n=7887&l=2)
- Draft Planning Policy Guidance Note 13: Transport (www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_planning/documents/page/odpm_plan_605902-01.hcsp)
USA
- TEA-21 - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/)
- Reconnecting America: www.reconnectingamerica.org/
International
- Rio Earth Summit 1992 (See www.un.org)
- Kyoto Climate Change Conference 1997 (untreaty.un.org/English/notpubl/kyoto-en.htm)
- Johannesburg Conference 2002 (See for example www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2002/SoAfricaPressCfc.doc.htm)
- The International Council for Environmental Initiatives: www.iclei.org