Decision Maker: Council
Decision status: Recommendations Determined
Moved by Councillor Thalis, seconded by the
Chair (the Lord Mayor) -
It is resolved that:
(A)
Council
note:
(i)
the Local
Pedestrian, Cycling and Traffic Calming Committee (LPCTCC) considers the needs
of pedestrians, cyclists and motorists in the City of Sydney;
(ii)
Transport
for NSW is responsible for the control of vehicular traffic on all roads in
NSW. However, in order to deal with the large number and range of
traffic-related matters effectively, they have delegated certain aspects of
traffic control on local roads to councils;
(iii)
there
are four formal voting members of the Local Pedestrian, Cycling and Traffic
Calming Committee:
(a) City of Sydney;
(b) NSW Police;
(c)
Transport
for NSW; and
(d) Local State Members of Parliament;
(iv)
there
are also informal (non-voting) members of the Local Pedestrian, Cycling and
Traffic Calming Committee who provide advice from State Transit Authority, Transport
Workers Union, a cycling representative and a pedestrian representative;
(v)
the
Heart Foundation has called on local governments to ensure all Australian have
safe streets for walking and cycling;
(vi)
Transport
for NSW are reviewing their Road Safety Action Plan 2026 which aims to:
(a) reduce drink and drug driving;
(b) increase speed compliance and safer speed
choice;
(c)
create
safer urban roads; and
(d) reduce other unsafe road behaviour (such as
driver fatigue);
(vii)
one of
the priorities in the City's Community Safety Action Plan 2019-2023 and the
Walking Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2030 is to improve road and pedestrian
safety;
(viii)
the
City has developed an internal Speed Reduction Implementation Plan to reduce
the speed limit on all local roads in the Local Government Area to 40km/h. The
Plan also includes investigation for 30km/h opportunities;
(ix)
as a
result of the Lord Mayor’s advocacy to the NSW Government to reduce roads
speeds, around 75 per cent of all streets in the City of Sydney are now
proposed to be 40km/h or less;
(x)
traffic
movement, noise and barriers to active mobility are serious and costly
population health issues;
(xi)
in 2021
alone (at 21 June 2021), 139 lives have been lost on NSW roads;
(xii)
in the
past 12 months (at 9 April 2021), there have been 10,029 serious injuries on
NSW roads; and
(xiii)
Local
Pedestrian, Cycling and Traffic Calming Committee members would benefit from
obtaining advice from health professionals; and
(B)
the
Chief Executive Officer be requested to:
(i)
commence
the process of recruiting a health care representative from the Sydney or South
Eastern Local Health District as a non-voting member of the Local Pedestrian,
Cycling and Traffic Calming Committee; and
(ii)
report
back to Council the outcome of the recruitment process via CEO Update.
Carried
unanimously.
S129265
Report author: Erin Cashman
Publication date: 09/08/2021
Date of decision: 09/08/2021
Decided at meeting: 09/08/2021 - Council
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