Lewisham Better Streets
Local group, Lewisham Better Streets, is improving walking amenity and has now put a Lewisham Town Centre Upgrade on council’s agenda for this year.
Northern Beaches’ first walk and ride for Better Streets
Congratulations to Better Streets Northern Beaches for organising the Walk, Ride, and Scoot event last month. The event was to gather support from the community and to highlight the need for safer streets for children.
A victory for kids walking to school
A victory for kids walking to school. Bondi gets a long-awaited raised pedestrian crossing to help kids walk safely to their school.
Let’s Pedal Together: Building a Better Cycling Network in the Inner West
Sydney’s Inner West - known for its eclectic mix of street art, heritage homes, breweries and countless cafes - is surprisingly car dependent. Read on to help us make it a better place to walk and ride
Paving the Way For Better Policies in NSW
Better Streets was recently invited by The Greens’ Cate Faehrmann and Kobi Shetty to NSW Parliament House for a discussion about shared streets in NSW. Alongside our colleagues from Walk Sydney, Bicycle NSW, 30Please and Inner West Bicycle Coalition, we explored how The Greens could shape their policies to ensure more inclusive, safer and environmentally-friendly streets and communities.
Whose Interests are Served by Pedestrian Bridges?
WestConnex is building a pedestrian bridge over the CityWest Link and removing all active travel surface access from Haberfield to Timbrell Park “for safety reasons”. But is there a higher priority and will the bridge encourage or discourage active travel?