Jullietta is a sustainable mobility professional with over a decade of experience working with governments in Australia to deliver high-impact active transport projects and programs and strategic investment decisions aimed at urban transformation to improve the liveability of cities.

Jullietta has a degree in Software Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia, and a Master’s in Urban Development from RMIT, Australia. Her journey to sustainable transport was spearheaded by her social movement in Sydney that encouraged people of diverse backgrounds to adopt cycling as a mode of transport.

Matt is a Sydney-based sustainable transport planning professional whose career has spanned the community sector, government and private practice. Matt started his transport journey in 1990 with what was then the Bicycle Institute of NSW. Subsequently, over 24 years with NSW Government Transport agencies, Matt was involved with multiple integrated land use and public transport projects in Western Sydney and other growth areas, and led Transport for NSW's first Active Transport team. Since establishing his own transport planning business in 2017 Matt has worked for numerous government and institutional clients, including Infrastructure Australia as Transport policy lead for the 2021 Australian Infrastructure Plan. Matt maintains strong connections with academia as an Honorary Associate of Sydney University's Institute of Transport & Logistics Studies.

Laura is a regenerative streets and urban mobility specialist working at the intersection of transport, land use and local economies. Laura is particularly interested in how street interventions can unlock co‑benefits for local businesses, health and climate. Laura has worked in sustainability, public transport research and transport planning in Government, academia and consulting. She hosted the five-part podcast series Regenerative Streets, to share case studies of organisations and initiatives that are bringing streets to life in ways that involve everyday street users in their design. Laura holds a PhD in public transport and land use from Monash University.

Susanne is Melbourne-based and committed to safer, climate-friendly streets and cities. Her household is car-free, and she gets around by e-bike, often with her three-year-old son Bryn on the back. As Mayor of Darebin 2023-24 in Melbourne’s inner Northern suburbs and as a Councillor from 2016-2024, Susanne was instrumental in driving the world’s first climate emergency declaration and taking urgent action to address it at local level. Reducing emissions from car use and encouraging walking, cycling and public transport was a key part of that, and Susanne supported greater funding for walking and cycling, initiatives such as Streets for People and Octopus Schools to encourage safer riding and walking, electric car charging, and was a Councillor member of the Metropolitan Transport Forum (MTF). She pushed for more separated bike lanes, e-bike rebates, e-scooter and e-bike hire schemes, and for electric car charging power poles, but these efforts were often unsuccessful!

Now, as Better Streets Vice President (alongside Tepi McLaughlin), Susanne wants to contribute to creating an Australia where it is safe to walk, ride or wheel everywhere. She also understands the challenge of political will and how hard it can be to change the status quo. Evidence is not enough, the journey must bring along hearts and minds too. Susanne also serves on the Pathways to Politics for Women Advisory Committee and is a board member of Birth for Humankind. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors course (AICD), holds a Masters Degree with Distinction in Business IT, and a first class honours degree in English Literature and Political Science from the University of Melbourne.

Dr Matthew Mclaughlin, known as 'Tepi',  lives in Perth, Western Australia and is a 'pracademic' — skilled in research, advocacy and policy. As Vice President for Better Streets (alongside Susanne Newton), Tepi is leading advocacy for legislative reforms. Tepi strongly asserts the need to 'change the rules of the game', such as laws, regulations and funding — rather than blaming the victims of a car-dependent system. Having grown up in a master planned coastal town in the UK, Tepi knows the benefits of good urban and transport design. Live updates via LinkedIn. 

Ghizlane is a transport engineer and sustainable mobility professional with close to a decade experience delivering safer, more inclusive streets across Australia. Her work spans active transport planning and design, road safety, movement and place outcomes, and stakeholder engagement, supporting public sector clients translate policy into practical, buildable projects that improve everyday walking, cycling and public transport access.

Ghizlane is passionate about designing streets that work better for everyone, with a particular focus on safety, accessibility and equity. She brings a practical, evidence-led lens to the Better Streets board, with a strong focus on safety, accessibility and equity in the public realm. Ghizlane is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion in engineering and has led initiatives that support and retain women in STEM.

Louise is a social and climate planner with a background in nature management and urban planning, shaped by professional practice in Australia and lived experience growing up in Scandinavia.

She holds a Master of Urban Planning and Environment from RMIT, Australia and a Bachelor of Natural Resources (Nature Management) from the University of Copenhagen, where she developed a strong interest in using water sensitive urban design to create public and recreational spaces that support climate-friendly, people-centred streets and neighbourhoods.

Louise’s work is grounded in social equity, climate action and evidence-based planning. She is driven by the belief that streets and public spaces should work for people, not cars. Drawing on insights from cities such as Copenhagen, she advocates for urban design that creates safer, greener and more inclusive places where people of all ages and abilities feel welcome to walk, cycle and rest.

Steven is a leading contributor to the planning, design and development of liveable cities. Steven brings 30+ years' experience as an engineer and urban strategist to our understanding of the long-term relationships between urban form, mobility and vitality. Steven has worked on many village, town and city transformation projects around the world, using his superpowers to encourage town and city shapers to take more risks and make better places.

He is a TEDx speaker and has presented papers and masterclasses around the world.

Steven was the author of 'Complete Streets - Guidelines to Urban Street Design' published in 2010, and was a contributor to two other international street making guides (NACTO Global Street Design Guide and Auckland Street Design).

Jeremy is registered as a professional engineer (RPEng), lives in Melbourne, Victoria, and is Founder & President of Streets Alive Yarra, a community group advocating for better streets in the City of Yarra.