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
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
What we didEngagement
Transport Audit
Surveys
Development of Plan
Implementation of Actions
Monitoring and Evaluation
• Coordinated assessment of school travel conditions and behaviours
• Lots of school engagement!!
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
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
Parent surveys
• Travel decision making
• Influences upon that decision
• Identifiable traffic issues
• Assessment of child’s cycling ability
Results
Walk27%
Bike4%
Scooter2%Car
61%
Bus6%
Prep - Year 2
How children travel to school How children would like to travel
walk21%
bike26%
scooter13%
car25%
bus12%
tram1%
train2%
Prep - Year 2
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