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Action 3. Encourage increased participation

Short Medium
In
Task Term (by Term (by Ongoing
progress
2026) 2031)
3.1 *Investigate and deliver best-practice travel behaviour change programs to ✓ ✓
key target markets.

3.2 *Continue to deliver Walk and Ride to School programs (as per the Noosa ✓ ✓
Transport Strategy) to help foster a bike riding and walking culture.
3.3 *Leverage existing events such as National Walk2School Day, Ride2School
Day, Bike Week and 10,000 Steps program to deliver semi-structured ✓ ✓
promotion to all schools. This could also include targeted provision of secure
bicycle parking and/or end-of-trip facilities.

3.4 *Work with Noosa Tourism to promote:
• Bike riding and walking as the preferred mode of travel around Noosa for
visitors. ✓ ✓

• Nature based and adventure tourism on the trail network (in conjunction
with the Bushland Trail Network Development Plan).

3.5 *Work with local groups (eg weekend recreational bike riding groups,
women’s groups, Heart Foundation Walking Groups, parkrun, bike retailers) to
promote and encourage walking and bike riding including developing a program ✓ ✓
of events with activities such as bike buddy programs, cycle recycle days or
bike swaps, community challenges, e-bike/e-scooter trials.

3.6 *Leverage existing bike riding and walking events, and attract additional
ones to promote increased participation. Engage with state, national and ✓ ✓
international events which will help promote nature-based tourism in Noosa.

3.7 *Implement a Ride to Work program for Council staff and encourage other
employers or business associations to implement their own programs, such as, ✓ ✓
bike buddies.

3.8 *Promote and market new infrastructure projects to ensure the benefits of ✓ ✓
investments are realised and become popular travel choices for the community.

3.9 *Deliver training workshops to encourage people to ride a bike (eg bike
maintenance workshops, women over 50 rides, women only riding workshops, ✓ ✓
community rides, introduction to e-bikes and e-scooters programs).

3.10 *Promote the importance of bike riding and walking in reducing transport ✓ ✓
greenhouse gas emissions.

*Tasks to be delivered in conjunction with the Noosa Transport Strategy
Table 9: Action 3. Encourage increased participation

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