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Planning the bike riding and walking network
Network planning
Hierarchy Description/ Function
The bike riding and walking network plans provide the Principal transport
“blueprints” to identify how routes across Noosa are Routes connecting higher order destinations such
intended to function and link together. These plans have as town centres, employment hubs, public transport,
been developed considering: major sport and recreation facilities, major tourist
• Key characteristics of typical bike riding and walking attractors and adjacent local government areas.
user groups, including vulnerable, families, commuters Asset management plan hierarchy level 1.
and recreation/sports users. Principal recreation
• Distances people are typically willing to walk to reach Scenic, high quality recreation routes of regional
certain types of destinations. For example, up to significance such as along the Noosa River route and
~400m to access local facilities and up to ~1,200m to the coastal pathway.
access regional facilities and the time it takes people Asset management plan hierarchy level 1.
to cycle a typical trip distance (e.g. 2km: ~6mins, 3km: Secondary transport
~9mins, 5km: ~15mins). These travel times could be Routes connecting lower order destinations such as
vastly improved if using an e-bike, which results in local centres, schools, district sport and recreation
larger areas being potentially accessible by bike. parks.
• Improving access to the 16 centres identified in Noosa Asset management plan hierarchy level 2.
Plan 2020 including Noosa Junction, Cooroy, Tewantin
and Pomona, as well as other major attractors such Secondary recreation
as sport and recreation facilities, community facilities, Longer distance routes targeted at confident/sports
schools and tourist destinations. cyclists for training and recreation.
• Achieving the bike riding and walking related Asset management plan hierarchy level 2.
objectives identified in the Noosa Plan 2020 and Local
Plan codes.
Local
• Improving connectivity to existing bike riding and Routes connecting local destinations such as
walking trails and trail heads. neighbourhood/residential centres, parks and
community facilities. These are also used for
recreational purposes.
Asset management plan hierarchy level 3/4.
Bike riding network plan
Trail
Hierarchy Lower order recreation routes used by mountain
bike riders (and often bush-walkers/hikers). They are
A bike riding route hierarchy was developed to assist typically gravel or sand tracks.
in defining standards and desirable management
characteristics across the network. Table 11 presents the
bike riding network hierarchy categories and definitions. Trail connector
Routes which connect to trail heads, could require
low standard infrastructure (eg a gravel track).
Table 12: Bike riding hierarchy
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