Monitoring and evaluation to obtain baseline data has been completed

Jacobs, Consulting Engineers (appointed by the Department of Transport) undertake monitoring and evaluation on all post and pre-construction Safe Active Street (SAS) projects across eight metropolitan local government areas. The purpose is to:

• establish a baseline of performance for the route prior to implementing the SAS design for all pre-construction routes; and
• evaluate the performance of the route against the overall SAS program objectives for all post-construction routes.

Initial baseline work has been undertaken on the City of Nedlands project.

To establish a baseline of the type of users along the route (and parallel roads) and their current behaviour (speed / direction of travel / interaction with other users) the following data collection activities were undertaken:

• Video surveys at defined points along the SAS route. These video surveys will capture the typical profile of activity along the route for two weekdays and one weekend day
• Parking utilisation surveys along the SAS route. These surveys will capture the typical use of on street parking along the route for one weekday and one weekend day
• Pneumatic tube counts along the SAS route (and parallel roads). These counts will capture vehicle speeds, vehicle types and direction of travel. These surveys will be carried out over a seven day period.

Cameras were located at intersections to capture vehicle, pedestrian and cyclist movements and angled to the carriageway.

Who will have access to this information

Video survey footage will be captured by Jacobs sub-consultant Edge Transport Solutions. The captured footage will then be classified automatically by an algorithm that will run through the footage to determine the type of user on the street – i.e. vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians. The footage will be accessible to both Jacobs and our sub-consultant Edge Transport Solutions for the purpose of reporting on the baseline of activity on the SAS route. The Department of Transport is the ultimate owner of the footage.