Craig Wooldridge

1. Bike Boulevards-Conquering the Last Mile

2. Background
 The Netherlands Influentials Tour 2014
 Dutch experts visit in March 2015
 Ministerial Roundtable Dinner
 Imagineering Workshop
 Outcome-$3m demonstration bike boulevard program for 15/16
 High level buy in a must have

3. Early Development
 Working Group formed with LGA’s and advocacy groups
 Dick van den Dool (GTA) engaged for Bayswater and
Vincent-keeping the Dutch connection
 Flyt Integrated Transport Strategy contract extended for
Belmont
 Route options explored and ranked
 Concept options explored and developed

4. What is a Bike Boulevard
 30km/h local road
 School Zones drop to 30km/h as demonstration projects
 Maximum vehicle volumes approx. 1,500 per day
 Provides connections to local amenities and higher order
cycling facilities such as Principal Shared Paths
 Target is short to medium length trips
 Cycling for most ages and most skill levels

5. City of Vincent Project-1km-$0.835m

6. City of Bayswater Project-4.5km-$1.8m

7. First Concept-City of Bayswater

8. Concept and Animation-City of Vincent
Safe Active Streets Program

9. City of Bayswater/Vincent Concept

10. City of Belmont Project-4km-$1.75m

11. City of Belmont Concept

12. Consultation-Stage 1
 With elected members
 Minister launches program and
consultation, animations released
 Very strong media interest and coverage
 With residents and community via town
hall meetings
 Many phone calls and emails after
 Stage 1 extended to January 2016

13. Consultation-Stage 1 Key Issues Raised
 Location of slow points
 Intersection treatments
 Lose of parking
 Area wide traffic management
 Perceived traffic redistribution
 Property prices will go up/down
 Where are the cyclists

14. Consultation-Stage 2
 Concepts revised where possible based on feedback
 Another town hall meeting for Bayswater
 Drop in session in the park for Vincent
 Residents voted-60% support
 Similar issues raised to that of stage 1
 All three projects endorsed by April for implementation

15. What’s next
 One project has hit construction, two more are nearing
construction and planning for future stages continues
 30km/h standards to be developed with minimal signage
and line marking
 Additional funding of $3m pa in 2016/17 and 2017/18
 7 new bike boulevards in the planning stage in 2016/17
 Before and after studies underway for the three 2015/16
projects

16. Key Learnings
 High level buy in and support is a must have
 The Dutch experts visit and High Level Ministerial Dinner
were a game changer
 The original timeframes were too ambitious
 Developing new innovative standards can be a challenge

17. Key Learnings (cont)
 The program has consumed two resources, without
additional resourced being allocated and this has been
challenging
 The website has worked well
 The engaged approach taken by the State/Local
Government and advocacy groups has worked well
 Ideally, a whole of network approach should be taken

18. Perth Events for 2016
 Perth 2050 Bike network Plan released on 29 July
 International Cycling Workshop with Dr Marco te
Brommelstroet on 12 October
 National Bike Boulevards Workshop in Perth on 13 October

19. More Information
 Full website at:
http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/activetransport/safe-active-
streets-program.asp

20. Questions?