Kids’ Suggestions | Grownups’ Actions |
More public transport.
‘Sometimes we take a cab with the dog and cat and sometimes we like to go on the tram and it carries us to the park.’ (age 4)
‘More public transport’ (age 11)
‘(More) new trams easily accessible for the elderly and mothers with prams’ (age 11)
‘Public transport often is running late’ (age 11)
| Travel across the city is difficult and slow on St Kilda Road. We are working with Yarra Trams to improve tram networks, stops, shelters, on ramps, raised pavements e.g. Luna Park.
In the past two years CoPP has spent $100,000 on installation of new tram crossings.
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Reduce the noise and busy traffic on streets where schools are situated.
‘The street (where school located) has lots of noisy cars.’ (aged 6)
| We have reduced speed limits near schools and through shopping strips and built ‘traffic calming’ e.g speed bumps.
We have car free zones, encourage families to walk to pick up their kids, liaising with schools, healthy living programs etc
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Provide more free parking in Port Phillip
Kids in Elwood said the cost of parking was a problem
| Port Phillip has insufficient space for new parking facilities. We are aiming at improving public transport , walking paths and bike lanes and encouraging non-car transport thus reducing the need for car parking. |
Create more bike racks in public places so that bikes can be secured.
Kids in Elwood schools said that this was needed in their community.
| We have a programme of installing bike racks in key locations around the city and are encouraging the provision of racks in new developments.
We are also encouraging the installation of secure bicycle parking within school grounds.
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Create kids’ bike paths
‘I ride the box bike. We need a big red stop sign to stop the cars from going passed the bike and it doesn’t hit and we lose balance.' (age 5)
‘In my park some of the paths are a bit bumpy and it’s dangerous when you ride your scooter’ (age 4)
‘I think there should be a bike path for the children. It should be next to the cars, but not too close.’ (age 5)
‘Not enough bike tracks’ (age 8)
| As many as four bike paths will be designed or constructed in the next two years. We have plans to make perimeter paths in some parks for kids to learn to ride in a safely.
Council is developing off-road paths called ‘greenways’ that pass through parks and the foreshore away from the roadways. There are also plans to provide separated bike lanes in Fitzroy and Cecil Streets.
We are advertising these and making them child friendly.
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Remove roots growing on the footpath in Addison St.
‘On Addison Street there are roots growing on the footpath’ (age 12)
| Council selects tree species that are appropriate to the local area.
$1m is spent each year on footpaths, pruning roots and installing root barriers.
Let us know when there are problems in your area and we will come and investigate.
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Make footpaths safer for kids on bikes.
We need to make paths smooth for the bikes so the children don’t get hurt’. (age 5)
‘I think it is really annoying that people always put car parks over bike tracks’ (age 9)
| We are constructing concrete paths in a number of parks to provide safer environments for kids to ride bikes. $1.3M will be spent on footpaths in the next two years. |
Change the time of traffic signals when crossing streets especially with median strips
‘More time to walk across roads ….more green time to walk’ (age 4)
‘Crossing City Road – make it safer for children’ (age 11)
‘Not have to look out for the green arrow and the red arrow and the trucks and the cars’ (age 3)
‘Too much to look out for’.(age 4)
‘When you’re crossing across Dickens’s Street from Milford you can’t see around the cars to see it there is anything coming and if you lean out to(o) far a car might hit you’ (age 11)
‘Increase the time to cross at the lights at the intersection of Fitzroy and Grey Streets’ (age 9)
| We are working with Vic Roads across 25 sites to improve access across major roads e.g Brighton/St Kilda Road, Queens Road. |
Increase the number of community buses.
‘More community buses’ (age 11)
| Council already has two free buses continually looping throughout the day and connecting Port Melbourne with St Kilda. Elwood, St Kilda West, St Kilda East, Ripponlea, South Melbourne, Middle Park, Albert Park, Garden City and Port Melbourne areas. |
Reduce the amount of traffic on local roads
‘Too much traffic on Marine Parade’ (Port Melbourne). Make more roads to ease traffic’ (there) (age 10)
‘Less cars in the area’ (age 9)
‘Some events cause roads to be blocked off for too long’ (age 10)
‘Too many roads that have ‘dead ends’ (age 9)
| Council has constructed the Plummer Street bypass to divert truck routes away from residential areas.
We are continually working to improve the safety of all road users and encouraging people to use other forms of transport such as walking and cycling.
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Stop speeding cars and trucks on local roads.
‘(Have) speed cameras on Williamstown Road’ (Port Melbourne) (age 9)
‘People in cars stop on the pedestrian crossing and it’s really hard to cross’ (age 9)
‘Speed humps are needed to stop hoons in cars’ (age 8)
‘Also, cars speed so often. We could get badly hurt or killed!’ (age 9)
‘The trucks and cars are too fast’ (age 4)
‘The truck wind blows my hat off’ (age 3)
| We are continuing to monitor speed on problem roads identified by users There are part- time speed reduction and full- time speed reduction on less busy roads. Vic Roads sets speed limits on local roads as 50 km but reducing it to 40km could be discussed. |
Build more kids’ crossings
‘Make children’s crossings especially near parks like they do in Queensland’ (age 9)
‘Have a kids’ crossing with a barrier outside our school’ (Port Melbourne) (age 10)
‘Have cameras at children’s crossings’ (age 10)
| There are 23 school crossing supervisors within the City and we are building raised pavements and kerb extensions as needed at those school crossings.
We could look at having community crossings at those intersections used by kids, at certain times during the day.
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Teach kids how to ride their bikes safely on the roads.
‘We need to take the kids and teach them how to be safe on the road.’ (age 4)
| We have promised to support the delivery of the BikeED programme and promote any road safety education programmes that include bicycles. |
