Session 5
Room: Supper
Session Title: Tram Stop Future
Format: Interactive Workshop
Presenter Name: Naomi Langdan, Department of Economic Development
Presenter best contact email: naomi.langdon@ecodev.vic.gov.au
Notes/Summary:
This interactive workshop engaged with the audience to explore a variety of tram stop designs in what made them comfortable, safe and accessible spaces. The workshop explored how design should appropriately respond to various conditions and requirements. Platform stops for example are DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) compliant and offer pedestrian priority and protection from traffic. Stops with seating such as backrests and armrests and shelters also offer a more accessible experience for people waiting for a tram. Consideration was also given as to how to best integrate the design of stops into the street and urban activity. For example malled areas such as Acland Street in St Kilda are highly active pedestrian areas that are energised by tram boardings and alightings. The audience were involved in many exercises which interrogated and dissected these various components in designing new ideal stops.