Residents association calls for more local transport
The Peninsula Residents Association has called for flexible and frequent local bus services in a submission to the draft Strategic Regional Integrated Transport Plan.
This should include "expanding smaller, more frequent buses to underserviced areas, expanded east-west routes with better links to Gosford and centres like Erina and Terrigal".
It said service hours should be extended, by including evenings and weekends across key bus routes and trialling flexible after hours' services such as on-demand transport or community shuttles and improved taxi-ride share coverage.
It called for improved bus and active travel links to Gosford's health, education and employment hubs, to enable Peninsula residents to benefit from these regional assets.
Access to Woy Woy Station should be upgraded with safe walkways, shaded access routes and local bus loops connecting surrounding suburbs and bike storage to strengthen Woy Woy's hub role, the submission said.
There should be stronger intermodal coordination, including improved timetabling coordination between modes to support seamless mobility across rail, bus and ferry networks.
It called for "safe and shaded active transport" routes.
This should include building feeder routes from Peninsula suburbs to the Brisbane Water shared cycleway, completion of priority walking and cycling routes, enhancing accessibility with shade, signage and seating and integrating routes with public transport (bus stops and train station).
Strong "climate-adapted design" should be integrated into all infrastructure upgrades, with tree planting and other greening, shade structures and cool surface design across transport corridors.
The submission also called for the use of Brisbane Water to be explored as a transport corridor, with feasibility studies and trials for increased ferry and water taxi services.
SOURCE:
Submission, 27 Jul 2025
Peninsula Residents' Association