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A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014 March 2014 Capital Metro Canberra’s Light Rail
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Benjamin Smith,Communication and Engagement Director, Capital Metro Agencydelivered this presentation at the 2014 Light Rail conference in Melbourne. Across the globe the conception and delivery of light rail projects has been growing at an incredible rate. Seen as an efficient and sustainable way to alleviate the congestion that cripples the expansion of many key urban zones, light rail is fast becoming a central solution in the evolution of Australia's major urban areas. In order to work towards a congestion free future, it is imperative that federal and state governments support light rail projects. Light Rail 2014 explored all the possible funding options for light rail projects, while also looking at international case studies, the latest rolling stock, braking technology, among many more. For more information about the event, please visit the conference website: http://www.informa.com.au/lightrailconference
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A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014 March 2014
Capital Metro Canberra’s Light Rail
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
A planned city with a great opportunity
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Capital Metro Stage 1: City to Gungahlin
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Facilitating growth
Gungahlin 1993 Gungahlin 2013
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Encouraging transit-orientated development
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Light Rail Master Plan
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
What are the priorities?
Increase the mode share of public transport
Op5mise frequency and service reliability
Affordable capital and opera5onal
costs
Grow a more diversified Canberra economy
S5mulate sustainable, urban re-‐
development along the corridor
Increase social and economic
par5cipa5on
Revitalise the Northbourne
Avenue corridor
Reduce carbon and
other emissions
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Rejuvenation
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Urban uplift
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Reduced congestion
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Activating the City Centre
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
City to the Lake
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Denser development
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Reduced emissions
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Enabling local industry ! Engage local skills and expertise ! Provide new opportunities ! Build local skills ! Drive momentum for future stages ! Harness Canberra’s academic foundations ! Create a Legacy
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Part of a strong pipeline ! Supreme Court ! UC University Hospital ! City to the Lake ! Future light rail stages
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Integrating Sustainability – ISCA
Registered for and
Infrastructure Sustainability
Ra5ng
Ra5ng at Final Design Stage
Ra5ng at ‘As Built’ Stage
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Across all areas ! Management and Governance ! Using Resources ! Emissions, pollution and waste ! Ecology ! People and Place ! Innovation ! Workforce
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Building momentum ! Project leads appointed ! Technical Advisers – ARUP led ! Business Case – EY ! Legal Advisory – being finalised ! Communications and engagement ramping up ! Growing investment interest ! Industry briefing by mid-year ! EOI to be issued by late 2014 ! Construction starts in 2016
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
A vision for Canberra: Building a sustainable city March 2014
Stay up to date ! capitalmetro.act.gov.au ! @CapitalMetroACT
