The Goulburn Street Primary School Access Travel Plan based on the feedback received from the school community has been endorsed by the Hobart City Council and the School. A summary of the feedback and the process to the action plan can be found in the Goulburn Street Primary School Access Travel Plan Report. The City of Hobart and South Hobart Primary School are now working to implement the plan.

At its August 2024 meeting, Hobart City Council endorsed the School Access Travel Plan. The report to Council can be found on the City of Hobart website in the item 12 of the meeting agenda.

Feedback from the survey has been compiled and an engagement report has been completed. The results of the survey can be found on the Community Engagement Summary Report.

Project overview

The City of Hobart is developing School Access Travel Plans, in partnership with school communities, to form part of the City’s ongoing strategy and planning to support and encourage active travel modes (walking, scootering, cycling or catching the bus) and improve the health and liveability of Tasmania’s capital city.

Plans, programs and projects can be identified in a School Access Travel Plan to improve routes for students arriving at and leaving school and to encourage and promote active travel within the school community. A School Access Travel Plan provides the City of Hobart with the necessary inputs to identify and prioritise projects for resourcing and grant applications.

The City of Hobart is trialling a methodology for the development of the School Access Travel Plans by running a pilot program, supported in part by a Community Road Safety partnership Grant from the Department of State Growth, with schools that have signalled their willingness to participate. For the pilot program, School Access Travel Plans will be completed for Goulburn Street Primary School, as well as South Hobart Primary School and New Town Primary School.

How we develop school access travel plans

The City of Hobart gathered data and information to inform the development of School Access Travel Plans. We heard from Goulburn Street Primary School students and their parents/carers about active travel use in their area.

In particular, we wanted to know:

• Current active travel use to and from Goulburn Street Primary School
• Key active travel routes to and from the school
• Difficulties in using active travel
• Reasons for not using active travel to get to and from school, and reasons for not using active travel more often.

Once we collated this information we went back to school communities to discuss the results and next steps.

How we engaged

Goulburn Street Primary School Feedback Form

• One (1) survey for each student
• Students who may travel from more than one household during the school week are encouraged to respond to the survey based on the home that they live in most of the time
• Students who live 50/50 across two households can complete two surveys.

Thank you for taking part in this survey. Please note that all information collected is anonymous and will only be used for the purposes of the School Active Travel Plan project. There is a section at the end of the survey where students can complete information with their parents/guardians about the potential barriers to active travel.