Skating
In this section:
Skaters are welcome in the City of Melbourne.
Sharing busy city streets with others can be tricky, especially when trying to dodge shoppers, prams, pets and small children. The City of Melbourne has guidelines for skaters and other footpath users, to help avoid conflict (or worse, collisions) on our streets.
Skate Safe
The City of Melbourne encourages all young people to use the city, including skaters. The Skate Safe program aims to talk to skaters as peers. A skaters code of conduct, Skate Ambassadors, and other information encourage skaters to consider other footpath users and share the space. It also addresses busy routes and limited access spots to make it easier for everyone to get around our streets.
Since the program was launched, thousands of skateboarders and businesses have been engaged with great results.
Skate Ambassadors
It’s important that skaters skate as safely as possible and follow advice on skating in the municipality. The Skate Ambassador Program is a peer education program to encourage skateboarders to ride safely in the City of Melbourne.
Skate Ambassadors, who also work as skate services officers at the Riverslide Skatepark, promote a ‘skating code of conduct’ and educate skaters on safe skating practices in and around the CBD during the Christmas school holidays as part of the program. The ambassadors also collect statistics on how many people are skating in the city, where they are skating, what they like to skate and what they would like changed at the Riverslide Skatepark.
The ambassadors also help businesses throughout the municipality understand the best way to engage with skaters to reduce confrontation if issues arise.
More information
For more information about skating and the law, the Skate Safe Code of Conduct, and dealing with injuries, visit Skating in the city.
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