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Cycling Action Plan Making It Easier to Cycle in Glen Eira 2019–2024 Cyclingcycling Actionaction Planplan DECEMBER 2019 CYCLING ACTION PLAN MAKING IT EASIER TO CYCLE IN GLEN EIRA 2019–2024 CYCLINGCYCLING ACTIONACTION PLANPLAN 22 CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 Integrated Transport Strategy 6 1.2 Vision and objective 7 1.3 Why is cycling important? 7 2 EXISTING CONDITIONS 8 2.1 Existing cycling network 10 2.2 Workplace locations 12 2.3 Cycling to work 14 2.4 Crash statistics 16 3 GAPS AND ISSUES 18 4 PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS 22 4.1 Safe cycling streets 24 4.2 On-road cycling network 26 4.3 Connection to destinations 28 4.4 Policy and enforcement 28 4.5 Addressing major barriers 30 4.6 Monitoring 31 5 DETAILED ACTION PLAN 32 5.1 Prioritisation of actions 34 5.2 Existing cycling actions 35 5.3 The action plan 36 5.4 Criteria and scoring results 42 3 CYCLING ACTION PLAN 1 INTRODUCTION 4 SECTION 1.02.0 CYCLING ACTION PLAN 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTEGRATED TRANSPORT STRATEGY JUNE 2018 Council's Integrated Transport Strategy sets out the high-level strategic transport direction for the municipality. The Strategy provides a cohesive framework that integrates transport and land use planning with the collective vision set by the structure planning program. The vision presented in the Integrated Transport Strategy is for a 50:50 mode share of car and non- car trips by 2031. To achieve this vision, there must be accessible and convenient alternate transport options available. The Integrated Transport Strategy proposes four premium transit corridors that seek to prioritise travel modes on identified routes to create a more efficient road and transportation INTEGRATED TRANSPORT network. These are: STRATEGY 2018-2031 > Efficient Driving Routes; > Express Public Transport Routes; > Great Walking and Shopping Streets; and > Safe Cycling Streets. A Safe Cycling Street is a road or street that aims to enable cycling as a realistic transport mode choice. These streets foster a safe cycle environment for people of all abilities to safely cycle between destinations. 6 1.2 VISION AND OBJECTIVE 1.3 WHY IS CYCLING IMPORTANT? The Integrated Transport Strategy guides There are numerous health, environmental, improvement decisions for the transport system economic and social benefits associated with cycling. within Glen Eira and meets the municipality’s need Cycling is an environmentally sustainable mode to plan for growth and change. It is necessary of travel. It generates almost zero pollution or to develop specific action plans that align and emissions, has no demand for fossil fuels during use contribute to achieving the goals established within and has no noise impact. the Strategy. Increased physical activity can also help us feel The objective of the Cycling Action Plan 2019-2024 better physically and mentally, helping overcome is to provide the direction for achieving the strategic many of the health challenges facing Glen Eira. cycling vision outlined in the Integrated Transport Cycling is a healthy, low-impact exercise that can be Strategy. enjoyed by people of all ages. The vision is to enable cycling to become a safe It is also one of the most reliable modes of travel and attractive form of transportation for people of for many local trips and can be a time-competitive all ages and abilities. The approach is to consider choice for short distance journeys. For trips under all modes of transport equally, with a focus 3km it can take less time when congestion, parking on improving cycling infrastructure around the time and the walk from car park to destination are municipality, and where identified prioritising cycling considered. in the hierarchy of on-road users. This includes recognising the role cycling plays in linking other By 2031, Glen Eira is expected to grow by an modes, such as cycling to and from train stations. additional 30,260 new residents. If the current rate of commuting by car is maintained, this could equate to an additional 22,432 cars on our local roads. This will lead to further congestion on our roads as well as new and increased parking concerns in some areas. Compared with other modes of transport, cycling is a cheaper alternative and has few ongoing costs. This gives more people a chance to feel included and engaged with their community by being able to better move around it. 7 CYCLING ACTION PLAN 2 EXISTING CONDITIONS 8 SECTION 1.02.0 CYCLING ACTION PLAN 2 EXISTING CONDITIONS 2.1 EXISTING CYCLING NETWORK The existing cycling network within Glen Eira is There are three different types of on-road predominantly on road. Very few sections of the infrastructure in Glen Eira: cycling network are fully separated from other transport modes. There are limited sections of off- > Defined painted bicycle lanes between the road bicycle paths or shared-use paths (were the parking and vehicle lanes. path is shared with pedestrians). These include: > Shared parking and bicycle lanes. > sections of the Frankston Rail Trail between Glen Huntly Station to Ormond Station and > Shared vehicle lanes. McKinnon Station to Bentleigh Station; > sections of the Rosstown Rail Trail; and Gaps in the cycling infrastructure also exist at intersections. In many cases the bicycle lane > the Caulfield to Dandenong shared path (the disappears before the intersection and does not Djerring Trail). start again until 50 metres after the intersection. There are also limited facilities for bicycles at intersections, such as bicycle boxes where the The map opposite (figure 1) shows the existing bicycles can stop at the top of the vehicle lane, cycling network in Glen Eira. The network is quite separate traffic lights for better flow and no rails to extensive, however it is primarily on-road which lean on (to not have to step off the bicycle). means that it does not cater to a wide range of users. Unseparated cycling infrastructure generally only caters to the more confident riders who are happy to mix with vehicle traffic. 10 E Figure 1 – Existing cycling network. 11 CYCLING ACTION PLAN 2 EXISTING CONDITIONS 2.2 WORKPLACE LOCATIONS Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows The north-western portion of Glen Eira is that approximately 80 per cent of the working Glen positioned closer to the current majority of Eira population work outside the City of Glen Eira. workplaces, generally within five to 15km. The The map opposite (figure 2) shows the areas of south-eastern portion of Glen Eira is positioned Melbourne where these workplaces are located, closer to the emerging Monash Employment and with the majority being in the CBD and surrounding Innovation Cluster (Clayton) which has been inner city. identified as a major future workplace destination by the State Government. 12 Figure 2 – Approximate distance to workplaces. 13 CYCLING ACTION PLAN 2 EXISTING CONDITIONS 2.3 CYCLING TO WORK A large number of external workplaces in the CBD The map opposite (figure 3) shows the locations are within five to 15km of the north-western portion where people cycled directly to work on census of Glen Eira. This means that the opportunity to cycle day (2016). While there were a number of people to work is high, with the distance many people would who cycled to work from the north-western consider cycling to work being around 10km. portion of Glen Eira, there were higher numbers in the neighbouring City of Port Phillip and City of The south-eastern portion of Glen Eira is further away Stonnington. This could be attributed to their closer from these workplaces and therefore the opportunity distance to the Central Business District as well as to cycle to work is lower as most people (beside dedicated cycling infrastructure such as the Bay Trail, confident riders) would chose not to cycle these Gardiners Creek Trail, Main Yarra Trail and the Albert longer distances. However, there is potential with Park/South Melbourne and St Kilda Road bicycle dedicated cycling routes, future expansion of the closer corridors. Monash Employment and Innovation Cluster (Clayton), electric bicycles enabling people to ride further and It could also be assumed that Dandenong Road and local cycling connections to public transport for longer Nepean Highway act as barriers for people cycling journeys. from Glen Eira to the CBD, as cycling numbers are higher in the immediate areas that do not have to cross these main roads. 14 Figure 3 – Percentage of employees cycling directly to work. 15 CYCLING ACTION PLAN 2 EXISTING CONDITIONS 2.4 CRASH STATISTICS The map opposite (figure 4) shows the reported Important themes that have come from the cycling crashes that involved cyclists in Glen Eira between crash statistics include: January 2013 and October 2018. There were a total of 260 reported incidents that involved a cyclist. It > 62 per cent of all reported bicycle incidents is important to remember that these are only the happened on a 60km/h road. reported crashes; many cycling crashes are never reported depending on severity or police involvement. > 60 per cent of all reported bicycle incidents In reality the cyclist incident rate is most likely much happened at an intersection (evenly split higher. between T-intersections or four-way intersections). The majority of cycling crashes happen in the north-western part of Glen Eira, where the cycling > 70 per cent of all reported bicycle incidents numbers are higher. Many of the incidents happened happened during daylight hours. at intersections where cyclists interact with turning vehicles, or on street with people exiting parked cars. > 80 per cent of all reported bicycle incidents happened on a weekday. With half of these happening either in the morning or evening peak periods. > A high number of reported intersection crashes happened along Glen Eira Road with a car turning right across the cycling lane.
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