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Better Streets Australia

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Better Streets Australia (or simply Better Streets) is the trading name of Better Streets Incorporated,[1] a registered charity. The stated charitable purpose of Better Streets is to improve the natural environment by enabling a reduction in emissions from transport use in Australia. Better Streets advocates a vision for Australia where streets are designed and managed in ways that make people of all ages and abilities feel welcome, safe and comfortable when walking, cycling and resting. Better Streets functions as the peak group at the head of a national coalition. It works with partner organisations, supporting groups and individuals, and undertakes direct advocacy, to make streets in all Australian communities more conducive to active transport and public transport use.

History and antecedents

Better Streets was formed in Sydney, New South Wales in 2021 by individuals associated with various organisations and movements promoting sustainable urbanism. These included Bicycle NSW,[2] affiliated bicycle user groups (BUGs) such as the Newcastle Cycleways Movement,[3] academic institutions and companies providing sustainable transport planning services to governments.

Better Streets' formation represented a step in the ongoing evolution of Australian urban activism that sought to mitigate the negative impacts of car dependency at the level of whole cities or towns, and in local neighbourhoods. This evolution was sustained by a growing body of evidence on the wide benefits[4] of encouraging more human - not vehicle - activity to occur on local streets. This evidence had supported the development and application of new tools for understanding and managing urban roads and public spaces, from traffic calming to complete streets and the NSW Government's own Movement and Place Framework.[5][6] Additionally, new approaches for achieving community-driven grassroots social change, such as the Town Team Movement[7] that originated in Australia, were offering models for local application.

Against this background, in 2022 Better Streets started inviting other non-government organisations, and small businesses, to join a coalition advocating for increased government funding, reduced urban road speed limits and policy reforms, to deliver more appealing and safer conditions for people walking, riding bikes (including scooters and e-bikes) or using public transport. The organisation's intent in assembling this coalition at this time was to exert lobbying influence ahead of the 2023 New South Wales state election.

After 2023 Better Streets started to extend its remit, beyond Sydney and New South Wales, to other Australian cities and jurisdictions. Board Directors and other volunteers based in cities other than Sydney joined the organisation. Better Streets advocacy began being leveraged at a local level by affiliated chapters (e.g., Melbourne's Streets Alive Yarra[8]). Better Streets coordinated a campaign ahead of the 2025 Australian federal election to seek candidates' support for increased expenditure on active transport projects. In partnership with the Australian Transport Professionals Association,[9] Better Streets arranged for former Welsh Government minister Lee Waters to undertake a speaking tour of four Australian cities in order to share insights on policy reforms including the reduction of the default urban speed limit in Wales from 30 mph to 20 mph.

in September 2024 Better Streets obtained Deductible Gift Recipient[10] (DGR) status through the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission.[11] Starting in October 2025 the organisation enabled individuals to join Better Streets through a formal Membership program[12] aligned with governance requirements stipulated in the Better Streets Constitution.[13]

Recommendations

Better Streets summarises its objectives in the form of "five key Recommendations for Federal, State and Local Governments".[14]

  1. Better Streets advocates for governments to work towards lifting the share of Australian children who walk, ride or take public transport to school to 75 per cent. In 2019 this metric was found to be under 30 per cent.[15] Among other benefits, increasing this figure is seen as important in addressing the health impacts of overweight and obesity among Australian young people.[16]
  2. Reducing the default speed limit for local streets from 50 km/hr to 30 km/hr is supported by Better Streets for road safety reasons that have been prioritised by a majority of nations globally.[17]
  3. Better Streets recommends governments design and manage local streetscapes and other public spaces to deliver economic benefits for local businesses by being more welcoming of people walking and riding.[18]
  4. Better Streets encourages the provision of more and improved street crossings. People find it easier and more pleasant to walk in their local neighbourhood, instead of driving, if they do not have to wait, or walk further, to get safely across the road.[19][20]
  5. Better Streets stresses the importance of people being able to access connected networks of safe cycleways, free of conflict with busy traffic, in every Australian city and town. Providing practical local transport choices through investment in "cyclability" has been shown to lead to more people riding, more often.[21]

Activities

Better Streets undertakes different types of activities in pursuit of its stated "Vision" of Australian "streets [that] make people of all ages and abilities feel welcome, safe, and comfortable to walk, cycle and rest".[22]

  • Planning and implementing multi-year issues-based campaigns, including leading a group of stakeholders advocating for 30 km/hr as the default Australian urban speed limit.[23]
  • Coordinating stakeholders, and attracting media attention, to gain the support of election candidates for increased public investment in walking and cycling infrastructure.[24][25]
  • Undertaking communications activities to increase media coverage of the organisation's objectives.[26][27]
  • Organising public events such as the visit to Australia of former Welsh Government minister Lee Waters.[28]
  • Establishing and supporting place-based chapters and groups to take action on local issues.[29]
  • Providing resources including a newsletter, advocacy guidance, volunteer training and social media collateral for use by coalition partners.[30]

Coalition partners

The listed organisations are affiliated as partners in the Better Streets Australia coalition.[31]

  • 30 Please[32]
  • Active Travel for Ashgrove
  • Addventageous[33]
  • Architecture for Kids School[34]
  • Architectus
  • ASPECT Studios[35]
  • Australian Parents for Climate Action[36]
  • Better by Bicycle Port Macquarie[37]
  • Better Streets Brisbane[38]
  • Bicycle Network
  • Bicycle Queensland[39]
  • Bike Leichhardt[40]
  • Bike Marrickville[41]
  • Bike North[42]
  • Bike South West Inc[43]
  • Bondi Bike Shop[44]
  • Boolarong Pastoral
  • Boroughs Inc
  • Brisbane West Bicycle User Group[45]
  • BYKKO[46]
  • BayBUG - Canada Bay Bicycle User Group[47]
  • Canberra by Bike[48]
  • Canterbury Bankstown Climate Action Network
  • Central Coast Bicycle User Group[49]
  • Climate Action Maribyrnong
  • Climate Action Newcastle[50]
  • Committee for Sydney[51]
  • Community Champions - Sanctuary Point and St Georges Basin
  • Copenhagenize Blacktown
  • Crossley Transport Planning[52]
  • Dorrigo Urunga Bellingen BUG[53]
  • Dr Cranky's[54]
  • Dutch Cargo Bike[55]
  • Ecosafe Transport Consultants
  • EcoTransit Sydney[56]
  • Emicro
  • eMobility Australia[57]
  • Energetic Communities Association[58]
  • Families for Manly
  • Foster + Partners
  • Friends of Erskineville[59]
  • Friends of Iron Cove Creek[60]
  • Funfox
  • Future Smart Strategies[61]
  • Get Around Caboolture[62]
  • Global Road Safety Solutions Pty Ltd
  • Good for the Hood[63]
  • Healthy Cities Illawarra
  • HelloRide[64]
  • Inner West Bicycle Coalition[65]
  • Jalapeño Productions
  • Lewisham Better Streets[66]
  • Lime Micromobility[67]
  • Link Place[68]
  • Living Streets Canberra[69]
  • Logan Bicycle User Group
  • Lug+Carrie[70]
  • Merri-bek BUG[71]
  • Metafora[72]
  • Mobilise TI Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait)
  • Moonee Valley Sustainability[73]
  • Moonee BUG[74]
  • Mobycon[75]
  • Newcastle Cycleways Movement[3]
  • Newtown Climate[76]
  • Neuron Mobility[77]
  • Niobe Consulting Pty Ltd
  • Novacare Community Services Ltd[78]
  • NSW Transport Coalition
  • Open Glenbrook Tunnel
  • Pedal Power ACT[79]
  • Pedal Set Go[80]
  • Province Property
  • Rail Trails for NSW Inc
  • Revolve Recycling[81]
  • Richmond Vale Rail Trail[82]
  • Riverina Highlands Rail Trails[83]
  • Safe Streets to School[84]
  • See.Sense[85]
  • Shoalhaven Bicycle Users Group[86]
  • SJB[87]
  • Smart Cities Council[88]
  • Southbank3006[89]
  • Southern Beaches Mobility Group (Sorell, Tasmania)
  • St George Bicycle Users Group[90]
  • Streets Alive Darebin[91]
  • Streets Alive Glen Eira[92]
  • Streets Alive Yarra Inc[8]
  • Studio Zanardo
  • Sydney Harbour Bike Tours[93]
  • Sydney Park Mountain Bike Trails
  • The Disability Trust[94]
  • The Pedal Club
  • The Shady Lanes Project[95]
  • Think of the Five, Arrive Alive
  • Toowoomba Region Bicycle Users Group[96]
  • Town Team Movement[7]
  • Tune Cycles[97]
  • Tribe Bikes[98]
  • Urban Design Forum Australia[99]
  • Urban Mobility
  • ViaStrada[100]
  • Vivacity Labs[101]
  • Vivendi Consulting[102]
  • WalkSydney[103]
  • Walking SA Transport Committee[104]
  • We Ride Australia[105]
  • WestCycle[106]
  • Whitehorse Active Transport Action Group Inc[107]
  • Yarra Bicycle Users Group[108]
  • Zipidi[109]
  • Zoomo[110]

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