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Published on 18 Sep 2025

Positive active travel outcomes for south-eastern community

How people reassessed their travel during the Armadale line shutdown

To support the community during the Armadale Line shutdown, we delivered the Armadale Line Active Travel (ALAT) project.

In partnership with METRONET and the Public Transport Authority, along with local governments and schools, we encouraged people to discover more active ways to travel locally, instead of resorting to driving for short trips.

The project was based on three key elements to prompt changes in travel behaviour:

  1. Capability – giving people the knowledge and skills to take up walking, wheeling or riding.
  2. Opportunity – providing events and initiatives for people to participate.
  3. Motivation – helping people to shift mindset and be compelled to give active travel a go.

Several community initiatives took place, but a core focus was engagement with schools and parents to embed active travel skills and routines during the project and into the future.

Key achievements:

  • 13% increase in active travel to school
  • 6% drop in car use to school
  • 93% of parents across all engaged schools support their children walking or riding to school
  • 45% of students walked or rode to school after the project, more than double the Perth average
  • 78% of students are now more confident in bike maintenance
  • Since the project, 77% of students said they would prefer to walk, ride or scoot to school.

Discover more outcomes from the ALAT project.