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Understanding our community

Who is the strategy for?

The NCWSIP aims to provide bike riding and walking networks that meet the needs of all ages and abilities. There are a variety
of network users in Noosa with specific needs, as identified in Table 2.

• Age and skill levels vary - school children, people with a disability, seniors, parents with prams.
• At higher risk of injury.

Vulnerable • Travel to a variety of destinations such as schools, shopping centres and community facilities.
users • Prefer safe routes that are direct but are also as flat as possible, trip length is usually short.
• May require wider paths to accommodate users of mobility scooters, wheelchairs and other
mobility devices.
• Likely to require frequent resting locations with seating, shade/shelter and drinking fountains.
• Travel for health, fun and relaxation.
Recreational • Prefer to travel along scenic routes with points of interest (eg coastal stretches and hinterland
and tourist trails).
users • Trip length may vary greatly depending on the level of experience of the users.

• Drinking fountains, rest stops and way-finding signage are important for these users.

Rollerbladers, • Typically travel for fun but may also make utility trips (eg work and shopping trips).
scooters and • Travel at higher speeds than walkers but slower than cyclists.

skateboarders • Most often travel in the late afternoon and on weekends.
• Prefer routes that are level and smooth.

• Professional athletes, sporting club members and runners/joggers.

Sport users • Typically training for sporting events and may train in groups.
• Usually walk/run/cycle at higher speeds.
• Prefer uncongested routes and potentially those with challenging topography.

Commuter/ • Travel to a variety of destinations such as work, shopping centres and public transport stops.
day to day • Trip length is usually short, typically up to 2km for walkers and under 10km for cyclists.
users • Prefer routes that are direct but are also as flat as possible.
• Routes that provide continuous connections to key destinations are critical.

• Destinations vary from work and shopping centres to public transport stops. These motorised
Micro-mobility/ devices allow users to travel much further distances and address barriers such as topography
and fitness levels.
e-wheeling • Skill levels vary from novice to experienced.
devices • E-scooters can be ridden on the footpath and on local streets. However, they are not to be

ridden on main streets/roads. E-bikes can ride on both.
Table 3: User groups and typical characteristics
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