Last Tuesday Australian Bollards installed one of its Australian made AB-EAB Energy Absorbing Bollards at Tram Stop 3 at the Bourke/Elizabeth Street intersection in Melbourne’s CBD to protect pedestrians and public transport commuters from distracted or reckless drivers. Energy Absorbing Bollards are the perfect traffic and pedestrian safety solution that will make sidewalks and footpaths as well as other heavy foot traffic areas like tram stops, restaurants and shopfronts; like Bourke Street Mall, a safer place for everyone. Engineered to save lives, our Australian  ...read more

Australian Bollards Ned Kelly Parkiteer Range provides a variety of solutions that can help apply increased protection to local areas; keeping your bike safe and secure, and enhancing community safety. The Ned Kelly Parkiteer Bike Shelter is a Public Transport Victoria Service that helps you get around easily with secure bicycle parking at Victorian train stations. Whether you are riding your bike from home to work, or simply for leisure, our range of Ned Kelly Bike solutions allows for bikes to be stored in a secure, safe and convenient location. The AB-BS Ned  ...read more

Overtime, Melbourne has been known for its incredible heritage and historical buildings. However, after 108 years, the Palace Theatre’s time had come to end with the demolition of the building commencing earlier this year in late February. As part of the new Metro redevelopment, Le Méridien Melbourne will be located at the front of the Bourke/Spring Street tram stop and a stone’s throw from Victoria’s Parliament Square. The newly renovated 12-storey hotel will be converted from the already existing low-rise building and will draw inspiration from both   ...read more

Australian Bollards proudly introduces our new AB-EB3000 Expandable Barrier solutions. When it comes to design flexibility, exceptional value and high quality, Australian Bollards are committed to providing products that consistently exceed our customers’ expectations. What makes this product the perfect social distancing solution is how the expandable barrier can be used to control the flow people going in and out of public places. The AB-EB3000 Expandable Barrier is a crowd control management system, enforcing pedestrian protection near train stations, shopping centres,  ...read more

In the early morning hours of June 18th (12:25am), a V12 Aston Martin crashed into tram stop 5 which can be found at the intersection of Elizabeth and Collins Street in Melbourne's CBD. Fortunately there were no fatalities or casualties caused by the crash and this can be credited to energy absorbing bollards. Australian Bollards Roadside Services and Saferoads Division AB-EAB Energy Absorbing Bollards is the latest pedestrian and road safety solution that will keep Melbourne and Australian streets and suburbs safe from unfortunate incidents like this which could cause damage  ...read more

Expected to finish in mid-2021, the level crossings along the Upfield Line at Bell, Munro and Reynard Street’s in Coburg, and Moreland Road in Brunswick are being removed, where works for the new sky rail began earlier this year (https://blog.plantminer.com.au/vic-upfield-line-level-crossings-removal-to-begin-in-2019). Another sky rail project (https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/andrews-reaches-for-the-sky-rail-in-coburg-toorak-20190611-p51wm5.html) where a congested level crossing has recently been removed 6 months ahead of schedule is at T  ...read more

Australia’s two main tourist destinations are Melbourne and Sydney, with approximately 949,000 people walking through the Melbourne city centre every day. Melbourne also has 2.7 million tourists visit on average a year, along with the tourists 9.3 million residents will also pass through the CBD. Sydney is also a large tourist attraction for Australia with 4 million tourists passing through the city every year. Due to all these pedestrians passing through it is important that their health and safety is taken into consideration The Hostile Mitigation Bollard System is per  ...read more

Australian Bollards is committed to providing high quality products and services, as we know just how important it is to keep pedestrians safe around level crossings. A level crossing is where a road and a railway cross at the same level. However, due to the dangers of railway crossings in Victoria, the Level Crossing Removal Project (https://railprojects.vic.gov.au/home) by the Victorian Government has been put in place to help improve safety. This strategy will help remove the danger of trains sharing a crossing with vehicles and other users. Having said that, Austr  ...read more

Keeping people safe in this day and age is extremely important and the appropriate measures must be taken to protect citizens from harms way. The team at Australian Bollards Roadside Services and Saferoads Division offers the perfect solution to this problem with our Energy Absorbing Bollards. These shock or “energy absorbing bollards” are a convenient, logical solution that will keep pedestrians safe from errant hostile vehicles especially in crowded locations like Melbourne’s CBD. Proudly Australian made and designed, the AB-EAB stan  ...read more

Public transport has grown rapidly in Melbourne’s urban regions over the past two decades and with more people using trains now than ever it can be quite crowded in the carriages, especially with people carrying prams, skateboards and bicycles on board. To solve this problem, the Victorian Government had bike rails with chains and racks installed at train stations in early 2008, but people felt that this method didn’t adequately keep their bikes safe from the environment and potential thieves and continued carrying their bikes on the train. As such, anothe  ...read more