Pedestrian Access Strategy 2010 - Victoria Walks

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7 | MAKING IT HAPPEN: IMPLEMENTING Pedestrian Access Strategy7. MAKING IT HAPPENImplementing the Pedestrian Access StrategyWho does what?The Victorian Department of Transport will lead theimplementation of the strategy in close collaboration withrepresentatives from across state and local government andthe community sector. An overarching steering committeewill provide broad-view advice on implementation. Thisgovernance structure will be flexible to allow input fromrelevant stakeholders on a project-by-project basis. It willalso include feedback mechanisms to effectively monitorimplementation of the strategy on an ongoing basis.Walking is important to a diverse range of policy areasacross government, including transport, climate change,sustainability policy, public health, planning, landuse, urban design, parks, community development,education, seniors, disabilities and regional development.Effective implementation of the strategy will requirea whole‐of‐government approach to ensure that theneeds of different stakeholders are considered in projectdevelopment and delivery.The participation of local government in the governancestructure for strategy implementation is also critical to itssuccess. The Victorian Government will work closely withlocal governments during both the planning and deliveryphases of key actions under the strategy.Consultation and community inputContinuing consultation is necessary to ensure thatimplementation of the Pedestrian Access Strategyremains responsive to community needs and expectations.The Department of Transport will coordinate regularconsultation with key community stakeholders andconsult on the implementation of specific initiatives andthe overall direction of the strategy.Community consultation will involve engagement with:• not-for-profit organisations with a stake in walking issues,including Kinect, Victoria Walks and the Heart Foundation• grassroots community walking groups, including theWalking Action Groups• community groups including seniors, young people anddisability groups• TravelSmart organisations including schools, workplaces,tertiary institutes, hospital and local communities.Building walking into our workFor walking to become an ongoing part of the workof government, industry and the community, relevantprofessionals need to have a strong and continually refreshedknowledge of leading practice in walking issues.The Victorian Government will explore opportunities to buildknowledge of walking through:• holding capacity-building workshops for local government• transferring knowledge among organisations with a stakein walking-for-transport issues• promoting professional development and training basedon leading practice for walking and accessibility morebroadly, for planners, urban designers, engineers andother professionals whose work impacts on walking• investigating opportunities to increase the place ofwalking in the curriculum for tertiary level planningand engineering courses.Page 42 of 44 pages | The Pedestrian Access Strategy
How will we know we’ve done it?Evaluation and monitoring allows the effectiveness ofinitiatives to be assessed on an ongoing basis. The PedestrianAccess Strategy will be subject to periodic evaluation andongoing monitoring to ensure its actions are implemented ina cost-effective way that satisfies the needs of stakeholderswhile achieving the strategy’s desired outcomes.The Pedestrian Access Strategy is intended to be aparallel document to the Victorian Cycling Strategy, whichcomplements The VTP. Over its 10-year life span, thePedestrian Access Strategy will be evaluated in alignmentwith the evaluation processes for The VTP.Evaluation of the Pedestrian Access Strategy will requiresetting targets for success, gathering data to developbaseline measures of levels of walking in Victoria andindicators for measuring the success of projects. Potentialdata sources include:• Australian Bureau of Statistics Census data – journeyto work• Victorian Integrated Survey of Travel and Activity• collecting qualitative data about walking• utilising GIS Pedestrian Permeability Analyses to evaluatewalkable access to activity centres, community facilities,schools and transport stops• pedestrian counts in targeted locations.I live near Albert Park. Most weekdays I walkto the library to use the internet. My daily45 minute walk there and back takes methrough the suburban streets of Windsor toChapel St. I love looking at the architectureand seeing what is growing in people’sgardens. Sometimes I buy fruit on the way, orstop off for hot chocolate and cake at an oldfashioned cafe or pizza in the lovely upstairscourtyard of a pub. I’ve got my eye on thelemon tree in Union St which dropped somuch fruit last year that I had free lemonsall summer! Why would I want a computerat home when my daily walk to the librarykeeps me fit and puts me in touch with mycommunity...and I have great legs!!Pedestrian, Windsor 1414Sourced through VictoriaWalks networks, 2010The Pedestrian Access Strategy | Page 43 of 44 pages
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