TRANSPORT

Participants :

David Hutton, Joanna Santa Barbara, Janet Taylor, Simon Clearwater, Jenny Easton.

Ideas:

• 3 Different ideas :

• - booking systems :TDC website - use Mapua as a trial. TDC willing to assist.
• - J Ride , Take-a-Mate Golden Bay.
• - Safety

• flexibility and back-up for car pooling

• - armband /flag ideas
• - payment ideas (Golden Bay suggests $1 per 10km - legality issues ?)

• hitch-hiking. Willing to pay?

• Nationwide - start local

• safety

• taxi system for each vehicle - device to register distance, passengers etc . Start on local scale. Feasibility  study?

•  Casual vs everyday transport needs

• remind car users / sole drivers

•  Public transport

• - Car less unrealistic? Park at end of village for visitors /tourists and bike into centre.
• - Reducing car traffic. More user friendly - walking, cycling.
• - Bus system-using school buses as an option

• Time vs money - Easy in own car but inefficient resource wise. Time might be compromised picking up.

• - more people system leads to greater safety

• Boat

•  Cycling - safety, skills, carrying loads

•  Census (Survey ?) for different  ideas  - help alternative transport ideas and businesses

Administrator for the transport group is: Jenny Easton

To join the group email mapua.transport@transitiontowns.org.nz