“At the time, when the government is promoting choice and technology, the commuter carpark program is providing neither.” “Unfortunately, while the concept of the commuter carparks is incredibly sound, which will reduce congestion and emissions by encouraging people to take public transport, the administration of the program has been poor at best,” Mr Norman said. Parking Australia chief executive Stuart Norman took aim at the government’s “poor” administration of the program. Parking Australia chief executive Stuart Norman said the industry group’s expertise was largely ignored by the government. “So if people move into a new area, and there’s no bus service or there isn’t sufficient carparking at the train station, it won’t take long until that family decides to buy the second car and just embed that driving based transport system in their lifestyle. “In new suburbs in the outer growth areas, you know, you can wait years for the buses to arrive,” Ms Clark said. National Growth Areas Alliance chief executive Bronwen Clark also expressed her disappointment the fund had no focus on growth areas. “It seems to me that the carpark proposals in those inner and middle suburban stations are simply going to increase congestion in those areas,” University of Melbourne transport expert John Stone said. The Centre for Public Integrity and former NSW auditor-general Tony Harris both raised concerns the government could run a similar campaign with the funding at the next election.Įarlier, key stakeholders savaged the carpark scheme, telling the parliamentary inquiry it would only make congestion in major cities worse. The tracking sheet ended up with 29 marginal seats to target ahead of the election.

Body of evidence car park scene