Trackless Trams and Transit Activated Corridors in Perth Mid-Tier Transit and Urban Regeneration Core Report Mike Mouritz, Peter Newman, Marie Verschuer SBEnrc 1.62 Sustainable Centres of Tomorrow: People and Place Date: August 2020 1 Acknowledgements This research has been developed with funding and support provided by Australia’s Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre (SBEnrc) and its partners. Core Members of SBEnrc include Aurecon, BGC Australia, New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services, Curtin University, Griffith University, RMIT University, Queensland Government and Government of Western Australia. Core Partners: This research would not have been possible without the ongoing support of our core industry, government and research partners: Project Leader: Professor Peter Newman, Curtin University Researchers: Dr Mike Mouritz, Curtin University and Marie Verschuer, Curtin University Project Partners: This project has been supported by the members of the so called Perth Consortium documented below. Citation: Mouritz, M., Newman, P., Verschuer, M. (2020) Trackless Trams and Transit Activated Corridors in Perth: Mid-Tier Transit and Urban Regeneration Core Report. SBEnrc 1.62 – Sustainable Centres of Tomorrow: People and Place. https://sbenrc.com.au/research-programs/1-62/ 2 Contents 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................6 Purpose of this Report ...................................................................................................... 6 About this Report .............................................................................................................. 6 2 Background ....................................................................................................................................8 Relationship to Previous and Associated Projects ............................................................ 8 Key Stakeholders ............................................................................................................... 9 Study Process .................................................................................................................... 9 Wider Study Process ............................................................................................... 9 Perth Case Study Process ...................................................................................... 11 3 Perth strategic context ............................................................................................................... 13 Planning for Urban Growth in the Central Sub-Region ................................................... 13 Perth and [email protected] ................................................................................... 13 Department of Transport – Perth and [email protected] Transport Network Plan ......... 13 Public Transport .............................................................................................................. 14 Place & Movement Strategies & Transit Activated Corridors ......................................... 16 Public Transport: Major Road Corridor Review 2018 ..................................................... 16 Why the Review was Undertaken ......................................................................... 16 Summary ......................................................................................................................... 18 4 Drivers of Change ....................................................................................................................... 19 Responding to Climate Change – IPCC and Sustainable Development Goals ................. 19 Urban Policy Initiatives in Australia ................................................................................ 20 Federal Initiatives – City Deals and Infrastructure Australia ................................ 20 Development Industry - Creating Great Australian Cities .................................... 21 Coalescence of Breakthrough Technologies ................................................................... 21 Global Transit Investment ............................................................................................... 22 MaaS................................................................................................................................ 23 The Inefficiency of Ride Hailing ....................................................................................... 23 Transport Autonomy ....................................................................................................... 24 3 Electric Mobility .............................................................................................................. 25 Last Mile On-Line Delivery Opportunities ....................................................................... 26 Can Transit Activated Corridors help with on-line deliveries? ............................. 27 Post the Pandemic .......................................................................................................... 27 The Price of Doing Nothing ............................................................................................. 28 The Value of Corridors and Mid-Tier Transit .................................................................. 28 Summary ......................................................................................................................... 29 5 Mid-Tier Transit for Perth .......................................................................................................... 31 Stakeholder Perspectives ................................................................................................ 31 Accessibility Assessment – SNAMUTS ............................................................................. 33 Implementation Challenges and Opportunities Framework .......................................... 36 Cross Sections, Indicative Costs and Funding Opportunities .......................................... 41 5.4.1 Cross Sections ....................................................................................................... 41 5.4.2 Implementation Indicative Cost Estimates ........................................................... 41 5.4.3 Possible Funding Mechanisms – an example of local government funding ......... 41 Trial of Trackless Trams in Perth ..................................................................................... 43 Proposal for Trackless Trams in Perth ............................................................................. 45 Option 1 - Perth Central to Morley ....................................................................... 45 Option 2 – Cannington to Scarborough ................................................................ 46 Option 3 - Further Option North / South .............................................................. 47 The Project Benefits ........................................................................................................ 50 Economics……….. ................................................................................................... 50 Community and Environment ............................................................................... 50 Government .......................................................................................................... 51 Stakeholders ......................................................................................................... 51 Deliverability ......................................................................................................... 52 Feasibility…… ......................................................................................................... 52 Risk……………. ......................................................................................................... 53 4 THE PROJECT OPPORTUNITY ........................................................................................... 53 6 What have we Learnt and Next Steps ....................................................................................... 54 Next Steps ....................................................................................................................... 55 Delivering Transit Activated Corridors .................................................................. 55 EMUS -Electro Mobility and Urban Systems ......................................................... 56 Perth Metropolitan Region Trackless Tram System Proposal .............................. 57 Appendix 1: City Shaping Potential of the Trackless Trams .................................................................. 58 Appendix 2: Core Practices Informing the Framework ......................................................................... 59 Appendix 3: Workshop Identified Secondary Routes ........................................................................... 60 Appendix 4: PTA Corridor Transit Report - Study Sections ................................................................... 61 Appendix 5: Road Cross Sections .......................................................................................................... 70 Appendix 6: Cost Implication Estimates ................................................................................................ 75 5 1 INTRODUCTION Purpose of this Report This report presents the finding of the Perth Case Study of the SBEnrc 1.62 project referred to as Sustainable