The “Uber ban” at Optus Stadium has been lifted with a new taxi rank near Matagarup Bridge in East Perth to include spaces for on-demand services.

The relaxing of the restrictions for on-demand services came amidst a swathe of transport changes for the stadium ahead of the AFL season.

A public bus service between the Stadium and the CBD will now operate from a bus stop outside the stadium instead of across the bridge and a new bus route, the 665, will run from Kalamunda to Forrestfield and then Belmont.

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti said the government had listened to feedback from punters and made the changes.

She said the additional space at the new taxi rank had been created to “make sure chauffeurs, Ubers and other on-demand travel services actually have the space in a safe place to pick-up and drop off”.

“The feedback was there were some very unsafe pickups and drop-offs,” Ms Saffioti said.

“Feedback was really around better access for on-demand transport.”

Ms Saffioti said it had taken a while for Western Australians to get use to the public transport driven nature of the facility but 80 per cent of people were using it to get to events.

“Initially I think people getting accustomed to this is a space that is basically driven by public transport, people wanting to use other mechanisms probably didn’t have those options … those were some of the initial issues,” she said.

“The trains and buses have been working well together … I think the trains are working well, there were a couple of particular incidents, one in relation to the Eminem concert … I think when you look at the entire system it is working well.”

The minister wouldn’t commit to any on-demand transport drop-off zones coming any closer to the stadium.

“The plan for the stadium is to limit vehicle access … the plan was really a public transport plan,” she said.