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

Rising fuel prices are a wake-up call. Governments can act now — with safer speeds, better public transport and investment in walking and cycling — to reduce costs and give people real choices.

A Local Council motion (Waverley NSW) backed by residents is now heading to the national stage, pushing for real federal funding for active transport.

New Victorian crash data shows serious injuries fell 62% in Fitzroy & Collingwood after the 30km/h zone was introduced, and now advocates can now run this same analysis for any area in Australia using free tools such as CrashData. Learn how to build the evidence base for safer speeds in your community.

Transform your local streets with our step-by-step AI visualization (visualisation) guide. Learn how to use Gemini to design cycleways, remove slip lanes, and advocate for change.

Two tragic crashes — one on the Sunshine Coast, one in inner Sydney — have once again exposed how quickly Australia defaults to individual blame while ignoring the systems that create danger.

Better Streets invites you to a briefing to help us craft a plan for a national Safer Speeds campaign. Registration detils.

Better Streets welcomes its new 2025–26 Board and thanks our outgoing founding members for their leadership in building a national movement for safer, people-first streets.

New car ad tells Aussies to ‘Be More Tank’ – a kid kicks down a door, and people are encouraged to create Tank Clubs to glorify the message.  It’s an aggressive ad campaign targeting children and adults.  🚫🚙 We’ve officially complained. Here’s why.