Webinar: Connecting Change Makers - Slower Streets, Stronger Neighbourhoods

​Imagine a neighbourhood where kids can ride to the park safely, where older people feel confident crossing the street, and where conversations spill out onto the footpath because traffic no longer drowns us out.

Right now, too many of our streets are noisy, stressful, and unsafe. The promise of “road safety” programs has stalled. But around the world, cities are proving that slowing traffic transforms more than just crash statistics, it reshapes daily life. Quieter, greener, more social streets aren’t a dream. They’re a choice.

Sara Stace has spent three decades helping cities put people first, from placemaking to active transport to community building. As President of Better Streets and Director of Vivendi Cities, she’s leading a growing national movement to bring proven, people-centred solutions to Australian neighbourhoods.

In this session we’ll explore:

📌 How slowing cars builds stronger, more connected and liveable communities
📌 Why Australia and New Zealand are stuck while Europe moves forward
📌 The evidence for cost-effective, rapid solutions that actually work
📌 What's really holding us back (hint: it's not the motoring lobby)
📌 How professionals, organisations and individuals can team up to flip the script

Sara believes we’re on the edge of something big. Safer streets don’t just save lives, they create liveable cities where everyone belongs.

👉 Join us to imagine - and build - streets that bring life back into our communities.

ABOUT THIS EVENT

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