Better Streets Weekend Expands to Wollongong

Better Streets logo

Wollongong, NSW A Better Streets community celebration in Sydney this weekend will be complemented by an accompanying event in Wollongong. Wollongong-based organisations 30Please.org, Illawarra Bicycle Users Group, Healthy Cities Illawarra, The Disability Trust and Safe Streets to School Wollongong are banding together for their own event on Sunday 5th March, in support of the Better…

Lower Speed Advocates Slam Liverpool Trial Axing

Optimal speed limit graph

Sydney, NSW The termination of a 30kmh speed trial in Greater Western Sydney, reverting a Liverpool thoroughfare back to 40kmh, has been condemned by road safety advocates for lower speed limits. The founder of advocacy group 30please.org, Lena Huda, said she was saddened to hear the State Government was ending the 30kmh trial in the…

influencers! – Lena Huda

Watch the latest Influencers! series with Lena Huda, wife, mother and advocate for safer speeds in our community's streets

Lena Huda has only lived in Australia for a couple of years so far, but has already had more influence here than many achieve in their lifetime. Despite being a busy mother of four young children spaced just two years apart in age, since arriving here, Lena has thrown herself into full-time advocacy work. She’s…

Slow Down Day Putting More Responsibility on Drivers

One of the Safe Streets to School signs. Slow Down Day and the Safe Streets to School program have a strong emphasis on motorists taking greater responsibility to the safety of children and other cyclists and pedestrians.

Wollongong, NSW National Ride2School Day will be held on Friday 25 March and an alliance of road safety advocates is seizing upon the annual event, and tweaking its messages, to put greater emphasis on safer driver behaviour. The Safe Streets to School group and speed reduction lobby group 30Please.org are working together and with three…