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This document provides interim guidance for designing safe active streets in WA, focusing on creating routes where vehicle speeds are reduced to 30 km/h to ensure safe and comfortable shared use. It will be updated based on findings from the Safe Active Streets Pilot Program Evaluation.

The Safe Active Street (SAS) Program’s vision is to create shared street spaces that provide a convenient travel option within a safe and attractive environment for people riding and walking of all ages and abilities.

To achieve the vision of the SAS Program the following objectives have been established:

• Reduce vehicle numbers and vehicle speeds.
• Increase the number of people of all ages and abilities making local trips by riding and walking.
• Increase the number of riding and walking trips throughout the week.
• Safe Active Street users, residents and the wider community recognise Safe Active Streets as safe and comfortable places to walk and ride.

The SAS Pilot Program is being evaluated in line with DoT’s SAS Pilot Program Evaluation Plan, which has adopted a summative evaluation framework that considers impacts, cost effectiveness and comparability between projects. The SAS Pilot Program Evaluation Plan clearly details in an Outcomes Measurement Framework the specific indicators, targets, and data sources to adequately evaluate the program.

STREET NAME: Multiple

SUBURB: Multiple

MUNICIPALITY: Multiple

STATE & COUNTRY: Western Australia, Australia

SPEED REDUCTION: From 50 km/h to 30 km/h

DATE IMPLEMENTED: September 2017 - ongoing

SCHEME INCLUDED: 

• Connections to off-road shared paths
• Links community amenites e.g. schools, railway stations, shops
• Blue and white Safe Active Street road patches at major entry points
• 30 km/h speed limit signs
• Raised platforms at intersections
• Single-lane slow points
• Narrowing street widths by introducing on-street parking and plantings
• Changing stop/give-way signs to give priority to movements along the Safe Active Street
• Using traffic islands and medians to restrict car movements at intersections, while allowing movements in all directions for people on bikes and on foot
• Introducing new pedestrian or bike crossings
• Introducing bicycle symbol road markings in the centre of each unmarked lane, to encourage cyclists to take the lane
• Lateral shifts in the carriageway to reduce sightlines (i.e. swapping formalised on-street parking and new tree planting nibs from one side of the street to the other
• Additional tree planting and landscaping make them more attractive places to walk or ride

COST: Not available

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Evaluation currently being undertaken and is due to be released in 2023.

LESSONS LEARNED:

Scheme is ongoing, with more locations continually being added. Lessons from previous implementations are being introduced for each one.

RESULTS OF EVALUATION: Not yet available (due 2023)

Greenways are dedicated walking and cycling routes following public transport corridors or linear open space, such as along rivers.
Greenways routes typically connect quiet local streets with new off-street paths and arterial road crossings, creating direct cycling routes and better access to public transport stops and stations. Connections to open space, schools and commercial areas are also improved.

An innovative program designed to make streets, friendlier and safer for all users including people in cars and those riding bikes and walking.