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  • Can River Ferries Deliver Smart Growth? Experience of CityCats in Brisbane, Australia

    Author(s)
    Sipe, Neil
    Burke, Matthew I
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Sipe, Neil G.
    Burke, Matthew I.
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    Brisbane introduced catamaran river ferries (CityCats) in 1996 to help re-orient the city to its river, to encourage inner-city densification, and to spur changes in attitudes towards public transportation. The Brisbane ferry network has grown significantly over the past fourteen years and is now a key commuter and tourist transport mode that in 2008 carried 6.28 million passengers, servicing 23 locations throughout the city. Two new ferry terminals will be built over coming years with private land developers contributing partial funding for one terminal and total funding for the other. Whilst it would appear that the ...
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    Brisbane introduced catamaran river ferries (CityCats) in 1996 to help re-orient the city to its river, to encourage inner-city densification, and to spur changes in attitudes towards public transportation. The Brisbane ferry network has grown significantly over the past fourteen years and is now a key commuter and tourist transport mode that in 2008 carried 6.28 million passengers, servicing 23 locations throughout the city. Two new ferry terminals will be built over coming years with private land developers contributing partial funding for one terminal and total funding for the other. Whilst it would appear that the CityCats have been used successfully to achieve transit (or ferry) oriented development, a review of key transport and land use planning policy documents finds that the CityCats have not been used strategically to achieve TOD. This suggests that the relationship between the ferries and urban development has been more pragmatic and coincidental, whilst broader strategic planning has been focused more on general Smart Growth principles and transport planning and TOD policy has mainly centered on rail and buses. In the case of the two new ferry terminals, the developments that surround them will not be dependent on the ferries for their success - their riverfront location alone ensures this. As with previous nodes on the CityCat network, the primary motivation for developer funding of ferry terminals is as a marketing tool to increase sales.
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    Journal Title
    Transportation Research Record
    Volume
    2217
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.3141/2217-10
    Copyright Statement
    Self-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this journal. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the authors for more information.
    Subject
    Urban Analysis and Development
    Transport Planning
    Civil Engineering
    Urban and Regional Planning
    Transportation and Freight Services
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/42956
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