The WA government is set to drop the speed limit to 30kph on close to a dozen more streets in Perth and regional WA after seeing an increase in pedestrians and cyclists in areas where the speed limit has been lowered.
The WA government is set to drop the speed limit to 30kph on close to a dozen more streets in Perth and regional WA after seeing an increase in pedestrians and cyclists in areas where the speed limit has been loweredA dozen more streets in Perth and Bunbury are set to have their speed limits reduced to 30kphResidents in Nedlands say there are lessons that can be learnt for future low-speed streets
In the Perth suburb of Nedlands, the number of cyclists increased by almost 300 per cent on the roads that had their speed limits dropped.The department is now working with local councils to reduce the speed limit on 11 more streets in Perth and regional WA, including Norfolk Street in the City of Vincent, Hector Street in the City of Stirling, Sussex street in the City of Kalamunda and Stirling street in the City of Bunbury.
"Basically, the narrowing in certain sections of the street has created narrowing right at the t-junction and it's very difficult if you have cars coming in each direction to get through that," Mr Pridmore said.Josie and Don Pridmore say the design could be improved.University student Benjamin Davis agreed more needed to be done to make everyone feel safe on the road."[But] I don't like how narrow this road is, because when you're driving it's kind of stressful.
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