Every NSW council is reviewing its Community Strategic Plan — this is your chance to shape the future of your neighbourhood. Speak up for safer, greener, more liveable streets by sending a quick email to your council. We’ve made it easy.

Better Streets' 2025 federal election campaign garnered support from 240 candidates and over 100 organizations, advocating for a $400 million annual investment in active transport.
This movement underscores Australia's growing commitment to safer, more sustainable streets for all.

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Lei loves riding with his daughters to school, sharing the joy and freedom of cycling. As Ermington Public School’s P&C President, he’s grown Ride2School participation over the years and is pushing for safer streets to school so more families can enjoy the ride every day.

The 2025–26 Budget is a missed opportunity to invest in safer streets. While roads receive billions, walking and cycling get just $100 million.

National Ride2School Day is one again on Friday 21 March

It’s a day of fun and colour where students, teachers, parents and carers rediscover the joy of riding something with wheels or just old-fashioned walking. 

But beyond the event itself, there’s a much bigger conversation to be had: why aren’t more kids riding and walking to school every day?

It’s an exciting time for better streets in many towns in regional NSW - now, with funding from Transport for NSW’s ‘Get NSW Active’ program to create a new active transport strategy, it looks like Bathurst could get a chance at better streets, too.

Our proposed National Active Transport Infrastructure Program would fund Regional City Networks. To start by 15 regional cities and rapidly growing peri-urban areas to build connected walking and cycling paths, inspired by Wagga Wagga’s highly successful 56 km network.