Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The main purpose of this Act is to deliver in the TransLink area the best possible mass transit services at reasonable cost to the community and government, while keeping government regulation to a minimum.
(2) Other purposes of this Act are, consistently with the objectives of the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, to do the following in relation to the TransLink area--
(a) enable the effective operational planning and efficient management of mass transit services in a way that--
(i) is responsive to community needs; and
(ii) offers an attractive alternative to private transport and reduces the overall environmental, economic and social costs of passenger transport; and
(iii) addresses the challenges of future growth; and
(iv) provides a high level of accountability; and
(v) is at a reasonable cost to the community and government;
(b) provide a reasonable level of community access and mobility in support of the government's social justice objectives;
(c) provide a framework for coordinating the provision of the services under service contracts or other contracts to form a comprehensive, integrated and efficient mass transit network;
(d) help the government achieve its congestion management priorities relating to transport.
(3) To achieve the purposes, this Act establishes the TransLink Transit Authority to manage mass transit services in the TransLink area.