Michelle Prior, Director of Active Transport at the Department of Transport spoke to Oliver Peterson on Perth Live to discuss the roll out of decrease speed limits across Perth.

Soon there will be 30kph speed limits implemented on Norfolk Street in the City of Vincent, Hector Street in the City of Stirling and Sussex street in the City of Kalamunda.

“Safe active streets are a cycle route on a quiet, local street where we have essentially retro fitted some treatment to create an environment where cars and others drive at 30kph to create a safe street for everyone to use,” she told Oly.

“Some of the things that you would likely see is a single lane slow point, raised platforms at intersections, narrowing of the street widths by planting trees or delineate on street parking, we might change the stop or our big symbol that says ‘safe active street’ to indicate it’s a changed environment,

“We want to create an unfamiliar space for drivers so that intuitively you slow down , creating a safe place for people to ride their bikes, for kids to come out and play – it’s all part of the design.”

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