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School travel planning an engineer will love

School travel planning an engineer will love. School travel in Moonee Valley. Need: A more planned and coordinated approach to active travel program delivery Better integration with capital works program Opportunity:

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School travel planning an engineer will love

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  1. School travel planning an engineer will love

  2. School travel in Moonee Valley • Need: • A more planned and coordinated approach to active travel program delivery • Better integration with capital works program • Opportunity: • Better Moves Around Schools program introduced 2011/12, this included support for school travel plans

  3. School travel in Moonee Valley • Project Objectives: • Recommendations for school infrastructure improvements • A capital works list for future budgets • Audited walking and cycling routes and identified routes for each school

  4. What we did • Coordinated assessment of school travel conditions and behaviours • Lots of school engagement!!

  5. Transport environment audits • Footpaths and crossings • Street widths and design • Vehicle parking conditions • Cycle parking • Public transport options • Level and speed of traffic • Observations of behaviours • Interview crossing supervisors

  6. Child surveys • Different surveys to reflect ages of children: • Prep – Year 2 • Year 3 – 6 • Secondary • Surveys cover: • Current mode of travel • Travel preferences • Key walking routes • Identifiable barriers • Suggestions for change

  7. Parent surveys • Travel decision making • Influences upon that decision • Identifiable traffic issues • Assessment of child’s cycling ability

  8. Results How children would like to travel How children travel to school

  9. Results

  10. Assessment criteria to rank priorities • Percentage of children: • walking and cycling to school • Being driven • Catching public transport • Parking conditions • Separation of vehicles and pedestrians • Traffic speeds • Congestion • Condition of footpaths • Existing traffic calming infrastructure • Rank priority works to maximise • Active travel • Safety • Road use impact

  11. Priority capital works list – and tracking

  12. Outcomes and next steps • Increased participation in active travel: number of schools and number of children • Strategic approach to capital works and school engagement • Implemented priority list works, highlighting 3-5 schools per year. • Streamlined day-today issues around schools. • Questions?

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