PUBLIC TRANSPORT

384 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (17 November 2008).

1. What strategic planning has been undertaken to determine public transport patronage forecasts over the next ten years?

2. What studies have been undertaken to determine future rail car requirements over the next ten years?

The Hon. P.F. CONLON (Elder—Minister for Transport, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Energy): I am advised:

1. The Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (DTEI) has examined the future challenges for the transport system in Adelaide. These challenges include:

Rising travel demand

Capacity of the current public transport system

Renewal of public transport assets; and

The social role of public transport.

Options that have been considered to address these challenges are modelled using the Metropolitan Adelaide Strategic Transport Evaluation Model (MASTEM). MASTEM provides estimates of daily aggregate travel patterns within the Adelaide Statistical Division (ASD).

MASTEM has the ability to model a number of options for the future public transport system in Metropolitan Adelaide, to identify how the transport system is likely to perform at some point in the future.

2. DTEI has investigated rollingstock as part of planning the future public transport network. These include engaging rail rollingstock specialists to advise on and compile specifications for Adelaide's future rollingstock requirements, together with the ongoing work by DTEI to simulate future patronage for defining the network's fleet sizes. The future fleet size has been increased to cater for the provision of services to Seaford.