People and Communities
Goal 1: To enhance the quality of life and
wellbeing of all people throughout Western Australia.
Strategic
Outcomes relevant to the PTA
Government Strategic
Outcome |
Applicable
PTA Outcome* |
Significant Developments
in 2004/05
|
| 6. Safe and secure
Western Australian communities |
1 |
In the metropolitan area, the PTA intensified its
efforts to provide safe and secure transport services
by rail, bus and ferry (see detail in the next item
below). In these efforts, it worked closely with
Government and the WA Police.
In regional WA, the organisation
resolved to put in
place protocols detailing the increased levels of
security which are to apply as the Federal
Government changes the level of security alert.
This is anticipated to include pre-departure checking
of trains and road coaches. |
| 8. Enhanced safety, security and
wellbeing of the vulnerable within
our community |
1 and 2 |
A functional review of safety was conducted early in
2005 by PTA management.The recommendations,
which were being implemented at year’s end, will
benefit the safety of the travelling public and the
PTA’s occupational safety.
The Transperth train network
now includes 194
Transit Guards, a CCTV monitoring facility and
information cubicles on stations which combine
emergency help telephones, public address and
passenger information systems.
A combined Police-PTA program
for bus security
was developed for roll-out in August 2005. |
| 10. A positive difference to the lives
of people with disabilities, their
families and carers |
4 |
The Disability Discrimination Act Transport Standards
continued to be progressively implemented in the
PTA’s infrastructure.These are applied during
construction and redevelopment work.
In the regions,Transwa’s
new trains and coaches are
designed to meet the needs of people with disabilities.
PTA’s
public transport services in the metropolitan
area use fully accessible trains and ferries with almost
half the bus fleet also accessible to people with
disabilities. Fifteen of the 58 stations on the suburban
train network provide independent access to people
with disabilities. Generally, accessible buses are used
on off-peak services. At year’s end, more than 50%
of total bus service kilometres were provided by
accessible buses. |
| 16. Accessible and reliable
public transport |
4 |
More than 70% of street addresses within the Perth
public transport system are within 500 metres of a
Transperth stop, providing an acceptable level of
service. An acceptable level of service is an hourly
service with at least three trips at 20-minute
intervals in the peak-flow direction in the morning
and afternoon. |
| 17.Vibrant communities that
enhance and promote safety,
a sense of openness, walkability, our
rich cultural diversity and the
Western Australian lifestyle |
1 and 3 |
Public transport continued to contribute to this
outcome particularly through train and bus stations
which encourage local transit-oriented development.
The
Government’s Building Better Train Stations
program and New MetroRail projects included the
completion of such stations at Armadale, Gosnells,
Bassendean, Clarkson and Greenwood during
the year. |
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