Transforming Collins Street

The Transforming Collins Street project is a tactical trial designed to reimagine and develop a long-term vision for Collins Street. The project was endorsed for installation by the Hobart City Council at its meeting in September 2024.
The project involves various temporary changes, including streetside dining areas and separated cycling lanes, along a 700-metre stretch of Collins Street (between Molle and Murray streets).
As part of its resolution, Council emphasised the importance of regular monitoring and evaluating the trial’s impact. The resolution specifically outlined a commitment to structured reporting at key intervals throughout the two-year trial.
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The Transforming Collins Street project is a tactical trial designed to reimagine and develop a long-term vision for Collins Street. The project was endorsed for installation by the Hobart City Council at its meeting in September 2024.
The project involves various temporary changes, including streetside dining areas and separated cycling lanes, along a 700-metre stretch of Collins Street (between Molle and Murray streets).
As part of its resolution, Council emphasised the importance of regular monitoring and evaluating the trial’s impact. The resolution specifically outlined a commitment to structured reporting at key intervals throughout the two-year trial.
For full details, refer to the Council Meeting agenda.
Reporting commitment
The council's resolution requires ongoing reporting on the project's progress, including community sentiment, usage data, and other key metrics.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, which outlines the approach for tracking the trial's effectiveness, can be access here: Monitoring & Evaluation Framework
Monitoring reports
This page will house all monitoring reports from each phase of the trial. These reports will provide insights gathered from community feedback, street usage data, and other evaluation metrics.
- Stage one: Pre-installation Engagement (Feb-Mar 2025) | Completed
- Stage two: One-month Post-installation Engagement (Jun-Jul 2025) - THIS ENGAGEMENT
- Stage three: Three months Post-installation Engagement (Sep 2025)
- Stage four: One year Post-installation Engagement (Jun 2026)
- Stage five: Conclusion of Trial Engagement (Jun 2027)
One-month Post-Installations Engagement - How can you engage
We value your input and encourage you to participate in the following ways:
- Your Say Survey: Share your thoughts and feedback through our online survey platform – from 27 June to 13 July.
- Drop-in Sessions: Join us for in-person discussions and provide your feedback directly. Sessions will be allocated at outside area of the 188 Collins Street on:
- Wednesday 2 July – 11am to 2pm
- Thursday 10 July – 3pm to 6pm
- Intercept Survey on Collins Street: Face-to-face surveys will be conducted with street users along Collins Street. Dates and times will be varied across the engagement period.
Victoria to Murray Street update (July 2025)
The original Council resolution from 2024 removed all parking in the block between Victoria and Murray Street. This was revisited by Council following feedback from stakeholders. A resolution at the 31 March 2025 Council meeting determined that the previously advertised trial design between Victoria and Murray Street would be replaced with a new design. The new design retained:
- vehicle parking on one side of the street ("Mountain Bound") with a protected bicycle lane
- the "in lane" bus stop on the other side of the Street ("City Bound").
These changes between Victoria Street and the Murray Street intersection will occur later this year (late 2025).
Victoria to Murray street map (PNG, 451KB)
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Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on the one-month post-installation of the Transforming Collins Street Two-Year Tactical Trial.
This trial involves a variety of changes to Collins Street. Changes include new street side dining areas, separated bike lanes, a zebra crossing, new accessible parking spaces and the removal of some on-street parking spaces. The trial has been installed on Collins Street between the Molle Street intersection through to Victoria Street.
A further section of changes between Victoria Street and the Murray Street will occur later this year.
The City of Hobart will be asking the community for feedback throughout the trial. This will happen five times during 2025 and 2026 in accordance with the Council’s resolution. At the end of each stage, feedback will be gathered and summarised in a short report. This report will be shared with City of Hobart elected members and made publicly available on the City of Hobart project web page. The pre-installation survey report is currently available.
This survey will take approximately five minutes to complete.
There are some words used in this survey to describe some of the technical changes that have been made to Collins Street during the trial, which you might not have heard before. Please visit the project page HERE, to find out more.
This survey during the first stage of engagement will close on 13th July 2025.
PRIVACY STATEMENT
All information collected in this survey is captured under the privacy policy. For more information see here.
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CLOSED: The pre-installation survey has concluded. The stage 2 survey will open on 30th June 2025.
- This survey was completed by 134 people between 28 February and 16 March 2025.
- The results of the survey are available in the Monitoring Report for stage one.
- Reports and Documents can be found in the "Important Links" box on the right-hand side of this page.
Thank you to those who took the time to provide feedback on the Transforming Collins Street tactical trial.
Another survey will become available in stage two, which is expected to occur in June 2025.
Key Dates
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28 February → 16 March 2025
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April → May 2025
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30 June → 13 July 2025
Five Stages of Engagement
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Stage one: Pre-installation (February - March 2025)
Transforming Collins Street has finished this stageThe first stage of the tactical trial's monitoring and evaluation has concluded.
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Stage two: One month post-installation (June 2025)
Transforming Collins Street is currently at this stage- Your Say online Survey – from 27 June to 13 July
- Drop-in Sessions at outside area of the 188 Collins Street on:
- Wednesday 2 July – 11am to 2pm
- Thursday 10 July – 3pm to 6pm
- Intercept Survey on Collins Street: Dates and times will be varied across the engagement period between 30 June to 11 July.
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Stage three: Three months post-installation (September 2025)
this is an upcoming stage for Transforming Collins StreetThe third stage of the monitoring and evaluation will begin two months post installation.
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Stage four: One-year post-installation (June 2026)
this is an upcoming stage for Transforming Collins StreetThe fourth stage of monitoring and evaluation is expected to take place in June 2026.
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Stage five: Conclusion of trial (June 2027)
this is an upcoming stage for Transforming Collins StreetTwo years after installation, the engagement team will commence the fifth and final stage of the monitoring and evaluation of the Transforming Collins Street Tactical Trial.
Who's Listening
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