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Mount Druitt Commuter Car ParkTraffic, Transportation and Access Impact Assessment3.6. Pedestrian and Cycling MovementsMount Druitt is an area of high pedestrian activity. Pedestrians of all ages access the Stationfrom the surrounding retail areas, along with the TAFE campus, two high schools, thehospital and the Rooty Hill RSL Club.In particular TAFE and high school students traverse the proposed car park site‟s streetfrontage; however, the majority of students were observed using the council‟s commuter carpark and CentreLink‟s car park.Of those commuters parked near the site on Mount Street and on the northern side of NorthParade, it was observed that these pedestrians would cross the North Parade in front of thesite, often jaywalking and utilising the median as a refuge. A minority of pedestriansoriginating near the car park site are accessing the station entry on the westbound side ofNorth Parade.Pedestrian movements to and within the bus and rail interchange are well facilitated. Thenetwork of overhead footbridges and the elevated station concourse provides relativelyeffective flow of commuters accessing the station from the site, retail areas, the businterchange, taxis, kiss & ride, and from Beames Avenue on the south. Additionally, thenetwork of footbridges has effectively controlled jaywalking across North Parade.Bicycle racks are provided near the North Parade entry to station. During Opus‟ Origin-Destination survey no cyclists were observed either travelling to the station or using thebicycle rack near the station. These observations are in line with the Household TravelSurvey, 2008/2009 which suggests less than 1% of survey respondents may cycle to MountDruitt station.Mount Druitt currently has cycle ways north of the retail district. These cycle path extends tosuburbs north of Mount Druitt from the town centre and therefore will not be impacted by theoperation of the proposed car park.ProposedSiteFigure 3–6: Existing cycle paths in Mount Druitt 1111 Source: NSW Land and Property Management Authority © Lands 2007CCPP-0843-RW-7291-F.docx Page 12 of 46Status: Final CDR