Better Streets Australia

Australia’s peak body for safer, healthier and more sustainable streets.

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Our recommendations

Better Streets Australia has five key recommendations for federal, state and local governments.

  • Get kids active  Encourage 75% of children to walk, cycle, scoot, or take public transport to school everyday, setting them up for healthy habits for life.

  • Slow vehicles down Adopt 30km/h speeds for local residential streets, and urban centres to significantly reduce avoidable injuries and fatalities. 

  • Boost local businesses Improve and expand beautiful streetscapes that people enjoy spending time and money in. ​

  • Make more crossings Encourage walking and improve safety with 20 new or improved crossings in each council each year.

  • Provide transport choices Add another 1,000 kilometres of connected safe, and direct cycle & micro-mobility routes per year. 

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NSW has never had a Walking Strategy. You Can Change That. 
NSW has never had a Walking Strategy. You Can Change That. 

The Walkable NSW Discussion Paper provides the foundation for the state's first-ever Walking Strategy, and community feedback is being sought. Ensure as many voices as possible are heard for a NSW that makes walking easier, safer and more accessible.

Bike Buses Get Canberra Kids Moving
Bike Buses Get Canberra Kids Moving

Bike buses help children develop their confidence and independence, and burn off energy so they reach school happy and ready to learn.
They’ve existed in various forms and names since the 2000s, but were popularised by social media videos from Barcelona, and then by Portland (USA) school teacher Sam (Coach) Balto. 

The annual Ride 2 School Day is a gateway to encourage children to roll for short trips. But calming streets to 30km/h is needed to facilitate their wider use

Shared E-Bikes Are Transforming NSW Streets -The Legislation Needs to Catch Up
Shared E-Bikes Are Transforming NSW Streets -The Legislation Needs to Catch Up

Shared e-bikes are already changing how people move around New South Wales. Ridership is growing fast. The journeys people are making — to train stations, to work, across Local Government boundaries — show that this is transport, not recreation.

But the regulatory framework being proposed to govern it doesn't yet quite match that reality.

This week Better Streets made a submission to Transport for NSW's e-micromobility sharing schemes reform consultation, and our message is straight forward.

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