The problem
To open up active travel for everyone, we need three main ingredients:
- Safe space to walk and cycle on busy roads so that anyone aged 8 to 80 can travel safely by foot or bike. We want to see the current high-quality improvements on major routes expanding across the borough.
- Low traffic neighbourhoods – whole areas without through traffic that are safe for walking/cycling, not just one ‘quiet’ route per area
- Safe crossings over main roads, linking up 1 and 2. This creates a borough-wide network of direct routes for walking and cycling that any age or ability can use.
We do a lot of driving in New South Wales! Our car usage is growing every year, and so is the number of cars per household.
It’s no coincidence that we also have high rates of health problems caused by a lack of physical exercise, like childhood obesity and diabetes. So we need to make daily walking and riding a bicycle much more safe and convenient for all ages, helping people exercise just by going from A to B – without adding to congestion or air pollution. This is especially important for routes to school.
It’s no coincidence that we also have high rates of health problems caused by a lack of physical exercise, like childhood obesity and diabetes. So we need to make daily walking and riding a bicycle much more safe and convenient for all ages, helping people exercise just by going from A to B – without adding to congestion or air pollution. This is especially important for routes to school.
Our ask
Build 1,000 kilometres of connected, safe, direct walking and direct cycle and micromobility routes per year.
How
This can be achieved by converting streets to quiet ways, removing traffic around schools, lower speed limits, as well as building separated cycleways.