This event is free for ACRS members and $35 for non-members. Learn more about ACRS Membership here.
Experience Safe Active Travel in Action
National Road Safety Week | ACRS Event
Join the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) during National Road Safety Week for a must‑do event focused on active travel safety, showcased through Perth’s award‑winning Boorloo Bridge.
This session on the Tuesday morning will feature insights from the project and evaluation teams behind the Boorloo Bridge— a landmark active‑travel project dedicated to people walking, wheeling and riding. Speakers will share insights into the bridge’s delivery, performance and what it tells us about designing safe, inclusive and high‑quality active travel infrastructure.
The event will also include a guided walk across the Boorloo Bridge, giving participants the opportunity to:
– Experience firsthand the bridge’s high‑quality active travel design
– Reflect on the user experience
– Compare and contrast the new facility with the former crossing
☕ Tea and coffee on arrival from 8:30am, with a light brunch also provided following our walk.
MEETING POINT: Ground floor event space, Long Neck, 306 Riverside Drive, Perth WA 6004
Whether you work in transport, planning, public health, evaluation or advocacy, this event offers a unique opportunity to see safe active travel in practice and learn from a nationally significant project.
👉 Don’t miss this standout event during National Road Safety Week.
PRESENTERS:
Ensiyeh Ghavampour (PhD) (pictured at right) is a Research and Evaluation Coordinator at the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure. She brings a holistic, human‑centred perspective shaped by diverse academic training and professional experience across disciplines focused on people and their relationships with places. Ensiyeh has worked on a wide range of projects, including a large‑scale participatory urban revitalisation initiative in Tehran, leading the Streets for People evaluation in New Zealand, and overseeing the planning and implementation of the Boorloo Bridge evaluation over the past 18 months.
Professor Doina Olaru (pictured left) is a Professor in the Department of Management and Organisations at the UWA Business School. Her teaching experience in Romania and Australia spans transport planning and operations, optimisation and simulation, data analysis, decision‑making, and computer modelling applications across a range of business contexts. Doina leads the UWA team undertaking data collection and analysis for the Boorloo Bridge evaluation.
Dr Tim Petersen (pictured right): As a Senior Policy Officer / Transport Planner in DTMI’s Perth Central Transport team, Tim put together the consultants’ brief for the initial ‘pre-feasibility’ study that produced the concept design for Boorloo Bridge. He participated in the design process led by WSP and bridge designers ipvDelft, before handing the project over to Main Roads. The PCT team, within DTMI’s Urban Mobility directorate, is responsible for managing the parking licensing scheme in central Perth and provides advice to State Government on potential expenditure of the revenue collected.
Mike Kapitola (pictured left): Mike is a recently retired professional engineer with more than forty years of service at Main Roads Western Australia. Over the course of his career, he contributed to the planning, delivery, and governance of major transport infrastructure across the state, holding senior leadership roles in project management and client representation. Mike served as Project Director and Main Roads’ Representative for the Causeway Link Alliance, overseeing the successful delivery of the award‑winning Boorloo Bridge project. His work on this landmark project reflects his long‑standing commitment to engineering excellence, collaborative delivery, and public value.
MORE ABOUT BOORLOO BRIDGE
Dedicated exclusively to people walking, wheeling and riding, Boorloo Bridge is one of Perth’s newest must‑see attractions — transforming the city skyline by day and night and offering breathtaking views of the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River) and Matagarup (Heirisson Island).
The spectacular one‑kilometre‑long cable bridge provides a safe, comfortable and scenic connection across the river, linking communities with Perth’s vibrant city centre.
Named Boorloo, the Noongar name for Perth, the bridge recognises Whadjuk Noongar culture and celebrates the heritage of the area. Its design draws inspiration from the stories of Fanny Balbuk and Yagan, two significant Indigenous figures associated with Matagarup.
As you cross the bridge, you’ll notice the graceful ‘S’‑shaped curves representing the movement of the Wagyl (rainbow serpent), the striking 52‑metre‑high koylie (boomerang) and 46‑metre‑high wanna (digging stick) pylons, and seven distinctive art pieces — from murals to sculptures — each sharing stories from living Noongar culture.