Safe Active Street program

The Safe Active Street (SAS) program seeks to create desirable active travel routes on its streets, providing shared space, low speed, and an attractive environment for people of all ages and abilities to ride and walk comfortably. It is a Department of Transport initiative, developed in partnership with local government.

Evans Street, Excelsior Street and Keightley Road in Shenton Park were identified as a popular cycle route for local residents and school students.

The City of Subiaco received funding from the Department of Transport (DoT) in the 2021-22 financial year to undertake a feasibility study and produce concept designs for a proposed Safe Active Street project on Evans Street, Excelsior Street and Keightley Road. The feasibility study and concept designing stages have been completed.

Evidence from previous SAS projects throughout Western Australia shows that Safe Active Streets:

• Increase weekday bike riding by 45-83 cyclists per day on all intersections within Safe Active Street zones.
• Increase weekday pedestrian activity by 21-96 pedestrians per day on most intersections within Safe Active Street zones.
• Reduce daily traffic volumes by 100-900 vehicles per day at most intersections of Safe Active Streets.
• Reduce the fastest traffic speeds by 6-9km per hour at most intersections of Safe Active Streets.

Update - March 2024

The detailed design for the Evans Street to Keightley Road Safe Active Street project was considered at the City's Ordinary Council Meeting on Tuesday 19 March 2024 and was endorsed. Please see the news article on the City's Website. Link to the agenda, minutes, You Tube recording and the detailed design can be found on the Council meeting section of the City's website.

An extract from Agenda Item C2 (contains images from the detailed design) and the full Evans Street to Keightley Road Safe Active Street detailed design agenda attachment can be found the project document library on this page.

Council meetings are open to the public and begin at 5.30pm in Council Chambers at Level 2, 388 Hay Street, Subiaco. For further information on attending a Council meeting, please visit: www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/your-council/council-business.

All Council meetings are live-streamed to the public. You can visit the City's YouTube Channel to watch the live-stream.

If Council endorse the detailed design, it will be provided to Main Roads WA and the Department of Transport for approval, and pending approval the project will proceed to construction.

Update - September 2022

Thank you to those who have previously provided feedback and comments to the City regarding this project. The City, along with its appointed design consultants, and the Department of Transport (DoT), has reviewed all community feedback received in the first stage of consultation and developed a concept design for the proposal that aims to achieve the intent of the Safe Active Street while also responding to the surrounding local context appropriately.

At the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 27 September 2022, Council resolved that:

• The Evans Street, Excelsior Street and Keightley Road Safe Active Street project proceeds to detailed design with a raised plateau for the Evans Street and Fortune Street intersection.
• The detailed design to be presented to Council prior to proceeding with construction.
• Through the detailed design and construction every effort is made to protect and retain the parking amenity for residents.

Concept design drawing consultation - August 2022

In August 2022 the community was invited to review the Safe Active Street Concept design drawings and summary document (in the document library) and submit feedback.

Feedback could be submitted via completing an online survey (closed on 22 August 2022). In addition to the online consultation, there was a series of drop-in sessions available where community members could speak directly with City staff about the project. The sessions were held at the Shenton Park Community Centre (240 Onslow Road, Shenton Park) on:

• Session 1: Thursday 4 August 2022, 4pm - 6pm - Cancelled
• Session 2: Tuesday 9 August 2022, 8am - 10am
• Session 3: Thursday 11 August 2022, 4pm - 6pm

Feedback could also be provided by email to city@subiaco.wa.gov.au and mail addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, City of Subiaco, PO Box 270, Subiaco WA 6904. Hard copies of the plans and information sheet were also available for viewing at both the 241 Rokeby Road, Subiaco and 19 Bishop Street, Jolimont offices.

Once feedback has been reviewed and any final changes to the concept design made, the City will seek Council approval before allocating funding for detailed design and future construction.