The City of Melville in Western Australia is installing new vandalism resistant bus shelters to encourage higher patronage on public transport. The new structures will be installed throughout the City. They use metal mesh in place of glazed glass, making the shelters more vandal resistant.
A warrant system has been developed to prioritise which of the City’s 570 bus shelters should be replaced first. The system takes into consideration if the stop is a ‘high need area’ – that is, if it is near aged care facilities, schools or shopping precincts, if it is made from asbestos, or if it is on a high frequency bus route. Customer requests have also been taken into consideration. Some 25 high priority locations have been identified.
Melville will supplement $60,000 generated from previous advertising on street furniture, with an expected $140,000 annually over a five year period to fund the replacements. Council will also apply for the next round of Public Transport Authority Grants this month.
“We aim to provide clean, safe and universally accessible bus shelters to promote the use of public transport,” Melville Mayor, Councillor Katherine Jackson, said. “We want our community to have convenient and efficient transport options so that we can reduce the number of car trips within our City.
“These new models of bus shelters will make travel information easily accessible and will be cleaner and safer than previous models. “We hope that this will encourage more to opt for bus travel as a sustainable alternative to car travel.”
For further information contact Client Liaison Contract Manager, Paul McAllister, on (08) 9364 0980.
