The City of Stirling is dedicated to creating a safe, inclusive, and sustainable transport environment supporting walking, cycling, and other forms of active mobility.
Our Active Transport Principles guide improvements to infrastructure, community engagement and policy aiming to boost connectivity, reduce environmental impact, and promote healthier lifestyles. A well-connect network of cycleways and pathways encourages residents and visitors to choose active, healthy travel.
Getting around the City - plan your trip
Bike riding and walking
Bike riding or walking is a fun, healthy and sustainable way of getting around our City. It also provides the opportunity to explore our beautiful landscape, saving time and money.
The City is a participant in the state government’s Your Move program dedicated to supporting and encouraging schools, communities and organisations to walk, wheel, scoot and ride more.
Visit yourmove.org.au to find out how you can get involved.
Maps and trails
Mobile phone apps: Information about the best routes from your location to your destination can be found within the usual navigation apps such as Google Maps or Apple Maps. Just switch your mode of transport to bike. There also are specialised active transport route planning apps such as Komoot you can install and try.
Online maps: If you prefer to plan and map out your journey while still at home or at your desk, we recommend you use the Your Move Journey planner. Your Move also provides active and public transport maps in the form of a PDF, downloadable from their Resources website. Mobile friendly versions of this map can be downloaded to your smart phone or device using a GPS based offline map viewer like the Avenza app.
Visit the Department of Transport website for walking and cycling maps and lots more.
The following parks and reserves have shared paths where you can enjoy a bike ride:
- Lake Gwelup, Gwelup
- Dianella Regional Open Space
- Herdsman Lake Park
- Carine Regional Open Space
- Yokine Reserve
- West Coast Highway/West Coast Drive coastal path
- Jackadder Lake, Woodlands.
Bike riding rules and tips
- Speed limits apply to cyclists! A 10 km/h speed limit applies to all vehicles travelling within City of Stirling parks (unless otherwise indicated by a sign). 10 km/h is about double walking speed
- Ride safely and courteously. When riding on shared paths, please be aware of pedestrians and other path users
- Give way to pedestrians at all times
- Keep left unless overtaking
- Ring your bell well in advance of reaching a pedestrian, to let them know you are behind them. Don't wait until you are close or you might startle them
- Be aware of roaming dogs.
E-scooters
The City of Stirling is partnering with Beam Mobility (Beam) to provide 250 e-scooters across a 26km2 area in Watermans Bay, Scarborough, Trigg, Karrinyup and Innaloo.
It is quick and easy to access a Beam e-scooter, simply download the Beam app and scan the code on an e-scooter at one of the designated parking spots. E-scooters are available to ride from IKEA in the east of the operating area all the way to our iconic Scarborough Beach in the west.
All Beam e-scooters are fitted with registration numbers (front and back) to make it quick and easy to report any issues. If you see a badly parked e-scooter, vandalism or poor riding behavior please immediately report this to Beam for swift response via the reporting channels below.
Benefits of e-scooters
- E-scooter trips reduce dangerous emissions, traffic congestion, take up a fraction of the space of a car and are extremely energy efficient
How to locate
Download the Beam app and find an e-scooter nearby.
How to ride
- Unlock it Scan the QR code on the handlebar to unlock the e-scooter and follow the instructions in the app.
- Safety first Check all equipment, including the brakes, and wear a helmet before you ride.
- Start riding Push off on the e-scooter to get it moving, then press the ‘Go’ button gently.
- To slow down and stop Release the ‘Go’ button gently to reduce your speed or pull firmly on the brake levers on the handlebar.
- To end the trip Park at designated parking spots, ensuring that the e-scooter is parked on the footpath away from pedestrians and doorways. And, place the e-scooter back on its kickstand, take a photo of the e-scooter parked neatly before ending the trip.
E-scooter map
E-scooter FAQs
E-scooters will improve connectivity and provide an accessible and sustainable transport option for visitors and residents to explore more of the city.
Shared micromobility aims to improve links between significant precincts, such as Karrinyup Shopping Centre, Westfield Innaloo and key destinations across the city, including Trigg Beach and Scarborough Beach, assist in better connections to public transport such as buses and trains, and encourage a shift away from cars for shorter trips.
Beam’s e-scooters are equipped with state-of-the-art systems and geofencing technology, which ensures that the e-scooters remain in the Operating Area and can be speed limited and prevented from riding and parking in particular areas.
E-scooters provide an agile and sustainable, on-demand transport option for visitors and local residents to get around Stirling. They also reduce harmful carbon emissions, traffic and parking congestion, support business connectivity and create local jobs. Beam will have an on-the-ground team based in Stirling to support a 24/7 service.
Beam will deploy its Saturn 5 e-scooters, featuring safety-first technology to support both rider safety and that of other road users, including GPS tracking, geofencing and speed limiting technology to ensure safe integration into the local transport network. High precision geofencing will be in place, ensuring riders remain inside the approved e-scooter operational zones, and swift action as the rider moves between zones with differing restrictions such as ‘slow zones’, where speed is automatically slowed, ‘no ride zones’ and ‘no parking zones’. Beam’s seated e-scooters will also be available for local use.
Find out more about the riding and parking rules by visiting Beam’s Beam Safe Academy here, or within the Beam app.
Beam’s e-scooters can be accessed via their Beam app. The Beam app can be downloaded from Apple and Google Play stores. Instructions on how to get started are included in the app, or you can read more here.
You can contact Beam’s Customer Service team through the ‘Support’ button on the main menu in the Beam app.
If you need to speak to someone in person, please call Beam’s helpline:
- Toll-free number 1300 507 676
- You can also visit the website https://www.ridebeam.com/help or alternatively email teamsupportau@ridebeam.com.
Beam provides personal accident insurance and third party insurance for registered riders, provided the rider adheres to the relevant legislation governing e-scooters (e.g. minimum age requirement).
You can read more about Beam’s insurance coverage, or make a claim here.
If you have been in an accident involving a Beam, please contact emergency services if required and report the incident to Beam here.
Our Customer Service Team is available to provide assistance, please contact our Customer Service team on the contact details listed above if you need support.
If a Beam e-scooter is parked badly or causing an obstruction please report the Beam here. This is the best way to report a badly parked e-scooter, as a member of the local operations team is alerted and can swiftly respond. Please take note of the registration number of the e-scooter, which is required to locate the vehicle.
If you have a concern or complaint about a rider on a Beam, immediately register your complaint with Beam’s Customer Service team on the contact details listed above. Please provide the vehicle registration number (if possible) and as much detail as possible on the behaviour (ie, location, time, regularity).
If the rider is breaking the law, please also refer the matter to the police.
If the complaint is about a rider on a privately owned e-scooter, then please refer the matter to the police.
Beam will have 250 e-scooters operating in the City of Stirling, including our accessible seated e-scooters.
Beam will provide an on-demand 24/7 service in Stirling, catering to shift workers and providing an alternate transport option for visitors and local residents to easily move around the City.
E-scooters are governed by state legislation. This covers where you can ride, speed and age limits, and other legal requirements. We highly recommend you read more about the rules in Western Australia here as non-compliance can result in prosecution by the police. It is legal to ride on bike paths and select shared roads that are speed limited to 50km/h and do not have a dividing line. They can be ridden on footpaths at 10km/h. Beam e-scooters will be speed restricted in designated areas to ensure pedestrian and rider safety. Slow zones are determined in collaboration with Council and are enforced by our geofencing technology.
Beam Mobility e-scooters are equipped with a suite of technology. All of our e-scooters have GPS controls and are managed through our geofencing technology.
They cannot be ridden out of the permitted operating area and will come to a gradual stop if taken beyond the boundaries. Our e-scooters are equipped with topple technology, if they fall over or are left laying down our on-the-ground rangers will receive an alert to attend and move the e-scooter to a safe place.
Beam Mobility’s Terms of Service - Australia and New Zealand stipulates that riders must be 16 years old to ride a Beam e-scooter. You can find out more here. Beam Mobility’s Terms of Service - Australia and New Zealand stipulates that riders must be 16 years old to ride a Beam e-scooter. You can find out more here.
For more information, contact Beam or phone the City's Contact Centre on (08) 9205 8555.
