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.

Better Streets has submitted a response to the NSW Roads Act review, pushing for safer, people-friendly streets. We’re advocating for clear laws, accountability, and a shift to active transport.

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.