All three of these aspirations could be progressed with improved public transport services and active transport infrastructure investments.

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).

#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.

#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.

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.

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

PAPER 8 September 2009 HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY Pursuant to Statute Passenger Transport Act 1994 Regulations Elleottlk") By the Honourable the Minister for Transport [Extract from 'Government Gazette', 6 August 2009, pages 3593-3594—Regulation No. 216 of 2009] South Australia Passenger Transport Variation Regulations 2009 under the Passenger Transport Act 1994 Contents nOUSE OF ASSENIBLY I,A ID ON 7.77: T4PLE Part 1—Preliminary 8 SEP 2009 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Variation provisions Part 2—Variation of Passenger Transport Regulations 2009 4 Variation of regulation 11—Drivers--Eligibility Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Passenger Transport Variation Regulations 2009. 2—Commencement These regulations will come into operation immediately after the Passenger Transport Regulations 2009 come into operation. 3—Variation provisions In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation

#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 Public and Active Transport LC From: Sent: Wednesday, 13 July 2022 9:45 PM To: Select Committee Public and Active Transport LC; Brock, Geoff Subject: Regional passenger transport Submission into Parliamentary inquiry Legislative Council of South Australia Select Committee on Public and Active Transport 14/7/2022 To whom it many concern, I would like to add my views into why we need to see a return of our passenger rail in regional South Australia.

Secretary to the Select Committee on Public and Active Transport Parliament House North Terrace Adelaide SA 5000 Dear Secretary Herewith a submission to the Select Committee which sets out some reasons why good public transport is desirable and details some proposed improvements.