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Planner's Toolkit

2005-10 National Cycling Strategy (Australian Bicycle Council) - www.austroads.com.au/abc

State Plan, including priorities: S3 Improved health through reduced obesity (DoH lead); S6 Increasing share of peak hour journeys in a safe and reliable public transport system (MoT); S7 Safer roads (RTA); E3 Cleaner air and progress on greenhouse gas reductions (DECC); E7 Improve the efficiency of the road network (MoT) - www.nsw.gov.au/stateplan
Sydney's Metropolitan Strategy (DoP, 2005) and subregional strategies - www.metrostrategy.nsw.gov.au/dev/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=28&languageId=1&contentId=-1
Regional strategies (outside the Sydney metropolitan area) - www.planning.nsw.gov.au/plansforaction/whatshappening.asp
Integrating Land Use and Transport Policy Package - www.transport.nsw.gov.au/abouttrans/planners-land-use.html
Local planning directions under section 117 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (see direction 3.4) - www.planning.nsw.gov.au/planningsystem/pdf/s117s_19jul07.pdf
Premier's Council for Active Living (PCAL) - www.pcal.nsw.gov.au
- Planning and design guidelines on designing places for active living, with sections on active and public transport - www.pcal.nsw.gov.au/planning_design_guidelines

Planning Guidelines for Walking and Cycling (NSW Government, 2004) - www.planning.nsw.gov.au/plansforaction/pdf/guide_pages.pdf
NSW Bicycle Guidelines (RTA, 2003) - www.rta.nsw.gov.au/trafficinformation/downloads/technicalmanuals_dl1.html
How to Prepare A Bike Plan (RTA 2002) - www.rta.nsw.gov.au/trafficinformation/downloads/technicalmanuals_dl1.html
How to Prepare a Pedestrian Access & Mobility Plan (RTA 2002) - www.rta.nsw.gov.au/trafficinformation/downloads/technicalmanuals_dl1.html
Producing and Using Transport and Access Guides (RTA, SEDA) - www.rta.nsw.gov.au and www.energysmart.com.au
TravelSmart Bikeability Toolkit - www.travelsmart.gov.au/bikeability
Guide to Traffic Engineering Practice - Part 13, Pedestrians (Austroads 1995) - www.austroads.com.au
Guide to Traffic Engineering Practice - Part 14, Bicycles (Austroads 1999) - www.austroads.com.au - Australian technical standard for design and construction of cycle facilities but also contains useful advice on related matters, e.g. planning and education.

Cycling Promotion Fund promotes cycling - www.rideabike.com.au
Local Bicycle User Groups under the umbrella organisation of Bicycle New South Wales - www.bicyclensw.org.au/advocacy.html and www.pushon.com.au/Admin/listBUGs.asp
Pedestrian Council of Australia - www.walk.com.au
The Pedestrian and Bicycle Transport Institute of Australasia - www.pedbiketrans.asn.au/aframset.html

NSW transport data and research:

Selected papers from the Australasian Transport Research Forum:

Walking for Transport and Health: Trends in Sydney in the Last Decade - www.patrec.org/atrf/papers/2005/Corpuz, Hay & Merom (2005).pdf
Health and Innovation: Promoting Active Transport Through WalkSmart and CycleSmart - www.patrec.org/atrf/papers/2006/1484_Dean (2006).pdf
Climate, Geography and the Propensity to Walk: Environmental Factors and Walking Trip Rates in Brisbane - www.patrec.org/atrf/papers/2006/1480_Burke, Sipe, Evans & Mellifont (2006).pdf
Land Use, Walking and Cycling: A Review of Recent Research, Australian Policies and Suggestions for Further Work - www.patrec.org/atrf/papers/2003/Hamnett & Radbone (2003).pdf

For more information contact the NSW Ministry of Transport, Transport Planning Division, (02) 9268 2800