Recent RAA surveys (June 2022) indicate about a third of motorists are considering active and public transport rather than driving, due to rising fuel prices.

4/8/2022 Ms Emma Johnston Secretary to the Committee Select Committee on Active and Public Transport C/- Parliament House GPO Box 572 Adelaide 5001 sctransport@parliament.sa.gov.au Dear Ms Johnson, Re: AdaptWest response - Select Committee on Active and Public Transport.

#19851411 1 OFFICIAL: Sensitive In reply please quote 19851411 Enquiries to Catherine Gray Telephone 08 7133 1557 Mr Patrick Dupont Parliamentary Officer Environment, Resources and Development Committee House of Assembly Parliament of South Australia By email: ERDC.Assembly@parliament.sa.gov.au Dear Mr Dupont, PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY INTO THE URBAN FOREST The Department for Infrastructure and Transport (the Department) is committed to addressing climate change and recognises it has a significant role to play in supporting the key objective for accelerated urban greening expressed in the South Australian Government Climate Change Action Plan 2021-25 and Metropolitan Adelaide’s increased canopy cover target by 2045.

1 Select Committee on Public and Active Transport Submission from Margaret Brown BA, MPHC, MSc Adjunct Research Fellow, UniSA Justice and Society, University of South Australia Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide To: Ms Emma Johnston, Secretary to the Committee sctransport@parliament.sa.gov.au I am an academic researcher and an active member of the Transport Action Network (TAN).

If we are to encourage active transport for all its benefits, we need to design roads with active transport practitioners in mind.

To Emma Johnston Secretary to the Select Committee on Public and Active Transport sctransport@parliament.sa.gov.au Submission to Select Committee on Public and Active Transport August 2022 Prepared by: SA parent volunteers Andrea van Eyk, Dr Jasper Lee, and Jessie MacGillivray on behalf of members of the South Australian Parents for Climate Action (SAP4CA) Committee Terms of Reference: (a) The availability and quality of public transport, including: i. infrastructure and services in metropolitan and regional areas; ii. the impact of fares and frequency; iii. the efficacy and impacts of on-demand public transport; and iv. re-activation of passenger and freight rail lines in regional South Australia.

1 Select Committee Public and Active Transport LC From: Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2022 9:11 PM To: Select Committee Public and Active Transport LC; Johnston, Emma Subject: Re: Select Committee on Public & Active Transport Good evening committee, I would like to make an individual submission to the committee.

29 August 2022 Attention: Emma Johnston Secretary of the Committee Select Committee on Public and Active Transport Parliament House of South Australia Adelaide 5001 AGF Submission: Response to Inquiry into Public and Active Transport Thank you for the opportunity to make a submission to this important inquiry.

This can be addressed through investment in walking, cycling and public transport, and by prioritising the needs of pedestrians, bicycle riders, and public transport users in transport policy.

5 August 2022 Secretary to the Committee Select Committee on Public and Active Transport Parliament House North Terrace Adelaide SA 5000 sctransport@parliament.sa.gov.au Dear Secretary to the Select Committee on Public and Active Transport Re: Submission to Select Committee on Committee on Public and Active Transport I am contributing comment as a South Australian parent of three young children (in preschool and primary-school), and from my professional expertise as a Public health and Social impact academic.