Sustainable Transport

Sustainable Transport Management Planning Project 2011

Facilities Management has appointed a transport planning consultant team to undertake modelling, option development and stakeholder consultation to develop a Sustainable Transport Management Plan by the end of the first half of 2011.

The Sustainable Transport Management Plan will:

  • assess road and movement networks
  • update and establish recommendations to be incorporated in to any future master planning process
  • improve the current road network to support the existing Callaghan campus master plan and provide recommendations to be incorporated into future master planning process
  • ensure bicycle, pedestrian and public transport networks complement and improve the efficiency the existing regional road networks
  • establish the right balance of private vehicle use to and from Callaghan campus against other modes of more sustainable transport
  • improve the current internal traffic movement network including intersections in the surrounding area and recommend treatments to improve campus transport efficiency
  • ensure future transport movements and distribution networks reflect and consider the recognised growth plans and trends of the Campus

The internal stakeholders for the consultation process will involve:

  • Facilities Management Division Student services;
  • Faculties
  • Student union organisation and Bike Users Group
  • Students (Undergraduate, Post Graduate, part time and full time)
  • UoN Services
  • University Committee on Environmental Sustainability
  • Tom Farrell Institute
  • NUSport
  • Corporate Information

The external stakeholders are:

  • Transport NSW;
  • Roads and Traffic Authority (including all necessary liaison required for the study including but not limited to the possible use of the RTA’s regional traffic model);
  • Newcastle City Council;
  • Newcastle Buses and Ferries;
  • Private Bus Companies (including but not limited to Hunter Valley Buses, Port Stephens Coaches, Comfort, Delgro, Cabcharge, Morisset Bus Service, Toronto Buses, Sugar Valley Coachlines, Rover Coaches and other private bus companies);
  • Rail Corporation (including City Rail and Country Link);
  • Transgrid
  • Lake Macquarie City Council
  • Hunter Councils; and
  • Others

Further information will be provided on the planning process once the consultancy reaches the consultation phase.

On the Move

On the Move is the University of Newcastle's access point to a range of information on travel options to help you make smart choices about your everyday travel to and around the University. On the Move recognises that individual people's travel needs vary depending on needs such as budget, time constraints and interests in environmental sustainability.

As part of the University's commitment to environmental sustainability, On the Move promotes alternatives to single occupant car use such as walking, public transport, cycling and carpooling. For every litre of petrol used in a motor vehicle, 2.3kg of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, is released from the exhaust. The University also encourages staff and students to carpool where convenient. Carpooling offers another means of saving travel costs and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.

Find out more at the On the Move website (including car pooling, public transport and cycling information)