What was your walk like today?
Here is my walk on Goodwin St in Lyneham.
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Our end of year event is tonight at 6pm at Dickson Interchange.
Living Streets Canberra's last newsletter for the year.
https://livingstreets.org.au/2025-end-of-year-gathering-wrap/
Living Streets Canberra is hold an end of year event this coming Tuesday.
We will be having a bit of a walk looking at good and poor examples of our walking environment, and then dinner at Dickson Taphouse.
Meet at Dickson Interchange
https://livingstreets.org.au/event/end-of-year-walkshop-and-social-gathering/
Living Streets Canberra's next meeting is on Tuesday the 21st of October at 6pm AEDT online.
Gill is talking to WIN News about the Fix My Street enquiry.
Living Streets Canberra is at the Spring Sustainability Market in Haig Park with SEE Change.
Come say hi 👋
I recently spoke to the Canberra Times about Living Streets Canberra's disappointment regarding the delayed introduction of fees for footpath closures. The government delayed the fees after being lobbied by the ACT Property Council.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9069621/canberra-delays-footpath-closure-fees-for-developers/
Living Streets Canberra will be at the Kambah Spring Sustainable Fair located at the Diversity Hub today between 10am and 2:30pm.
Come say hi.
📍 8 Laidlaw Pl, Kambah
Just an update regarding this, I have seen an email from Emerson's adviser that says he will move the motion on tomorrow.
If path closures is an impact to you in Canberra, it is worth noting that it would appears that the Property Council had lobbied ACT Government and Chris Steel to either delay or not proceed with the fees for path closures in the ACT. Their celebratory post on LinkedIn is attached.
ACT Government had announced they are delaying the path closure fee until the 2026-27 FY.
Path closures from property developments have a major impact on how people move about urban areas.
Living Streets Canberra's next meeting is on Tuesday.
We will be planning a "walkshop" in this meeting. If you are interested in participating, please register for our meeting.
My problem with this is if it would actually get used. What I know from pedestrian activity is, pedestrians will find the easiest, quickest and most convenient way to walk. I would expect this to be especially true of teenagers.
So if we built a pedestrian bridge, would it get used, or would students just dash across the road because it was more convenient for them.
Living Streets Canberra's next meeting is this Tuesday at 6pm
Andrew Barr's office advised me a week ago that Tara Cheyne's office is looking into the situation at Botanical Turner. I haven't heard anything yet, so I have sent a follow up email to her office this morning.
The issue is ongoing at the site.
Swansea pupils top national leaderboard in walk to school challenge
The schools, both located in Swansea, were celebrated by Living Streets Cymru, the charity behind the WOW walk to school challenge, which tracks how pupils travel each day using an interactive WOW Travel Tracker. Children who choose active travel — including walking, cycling, scooting or ‘Park and Stride’ — earn monthly WOW badges designed by pupils across the UK.
Penyrheol Primary School ranked second nationally, with an impressive 96% of journeys recorded as active travel during June. Sketty Primary School secured ninth place, with 80% of journeys logged as active.
“Walking and wheeling to school keeps us fit, healthy and happy – and it reduces congestion, air pollution and road danger outside the school gates,” said Catherine Woodhead, Chief Executive of Living Streets.
“It’s great to hear that pupils at Penyrheol Primary School are benefitting from walking to school. I’m sure they’ll inspire other children and their families to follow in their footsteps.”
The WOW Top Ten challenge runs throughout the school year, with seasonal competitions designed to boost engagement and promote healthier habits. The initiative also supports wider goals of reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality around school gates.
Cllr Andrew Stevens, Swansea Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment & Infrastructure, praised the schools’ achievement:
“Making it onto the leaderboard is a testament of commitment from Penyrheol and Sketty Primary Schools in promoting healthier lifestyles. The pupils’ success reflects their enthusiasm in making active travel a daily habit.”
The WOW programme is currently active in over 200 primary schools across Wales, supported by Welsh Government funding aimed at improving sustainable travel and child wellbeing.
#CllrAndrewStevens #LivingStreets #Penyrheol #PenyrheolPrimarySchool #Sketty #SkettyPrimarySchool #Swansea #walking
It is no wonder why there is such distrust with Fix My Street in Canberra.
I had raised a safety concern regarding the bollards on City Walk at Garema Place, as construction workers have been leaving the bollards out with no cover, leaving a big hole in the ground.
On Wednesday, TCCS closed my report noting "Bollard Cover replaced". But today I visited the area. Again, the bollard is out, and there is still no cover for the hole.
Living Streets Canberra is holding it's next meeting tonight at 6pm.
Issues for this meeting include:
🎯 following up recent advocacy
🎯 Legislative Assembly Inquiry into Fix My Street
🎯 Light Rail to Woden
🎯 strengthening engagement
Register and attend online.
This morning I have written to Chris Steel, Tara Cheyne and MLAs in Kurrajong about the dangerous situation at Botanical Turner after Paris Lord from Canberra by Bike posted a video to fb and Instagram showing pedestrians walking with suite cases next to hide speed traffic in a cycle lane. The foot path has been closed for longer than 2 months now and doesn't appear to be opening anytime soon.
Living Streets Canberra welcomes calls for improving the ACT’s infrastructure to help improve the safety of women.
“All our streets and paths should be – and feel – safe, accessible, comfortable and convenient for everyone,” says Convenor of Living Streets Canberra, Gill King.
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