Author Archives: Lena Huda

Local Government Elections take place on 4th December 2021. Local Government plays a crucial role to improve walkability within their local government area (LGA). WalkSydney sent a survey to all councillors in Greater Sydney about their views on walkability in their respective LGA. Councillors were encouraged to forward the survey to other candidates within theirContinue reading “Local Government Election Survey”

On Saturday, the 28th August we held our Annual General Meeting, and we welcome the new WalkSydney committee for the next year: Brigid Kelly – President Lena Huda  – Vice-President David Haertsch – Treasurer Regina Haertsch – Secretary Federico Marcantognini – Technologist David Martin – Committee member Barnaby Bennett  – Committee member David Levinson – CommitteeContinue reading “Welcome to our new committee for 2021”

WalkSydney is a community group working to make it easier, safer, and more pleasant to walk in Greater Sydney. With a growing population we need to ensure people can easily walk to public transport, local shops and services, and shared transport options. Join us this Saturday (August 28, 2021) at 2pm at our Virtual AGMContinue reading “Interested to get involved?”

The review of traffic in Bulli and Thirroul by TfNSW is open for feedback until July 30th. WalkSydney opposes most of the changes proposed for Bulli and Thirroul given they make walking less pleasant and less safe. The proposed changes focus on removing kerbside parking to increase the number of lanes through the high streets.Continue reading “Submission for better high streets and walkability for Bulli/Thirroul”

WalkSydney is joining the United Nations #Love30 campaign because 30km/h saves lives and improves liveability! We are calling for 30km/h limits as a matter of urgency on urban and residential streets. HOW CAN YOU HELP? We are asking for photos of you holding signs: Step 1: Print off of the #Love30 image Step 2: TakeContinue reading “WalkSydney joins #Love30 campaign”

Pedestrians and cyclists run a high risk of being killed by cars. These groups are also the least likely to harm other road users.  In Australia, you can often hear people putting the responsibility of a fatal crash on the pedestrian: pedestrians that get killed by drivers are responsible for their own deaths: basically theyContinue reading “Resist Victim-Blaming: Focus on the Real, Underlying Problems – and Solutions”

Local organisations in Wollongong have partnered to support a budget proposal for an active travel intervention. WalkSydney supports the joint submission by Healthy Cities Illawarra, Safe-Streets-to-School and 30Please for an active travel pilot. It fits well into the NSW budget framework: The NSW Outcome Budgeting is a performance management approach which starts the conversation by askingContinue reading “WalkSydney supports Budget Submission for safe routes to school pilot”

In my recent article “Why drivers will thank you for 30km/h” , I argued that current road rules and speed limits in Australia make it hard to understand where drivers should go slowly and share the street and where drivers should go fast to not hold up the traffic. This results in some drivers outrightContinue reading “Why pedestrians will thank you for 30km/h limits”