| Organisation name |
Transport for NSW |
| Organisation type |
Governmental organisation |
| Organisation fields |
- Transport
- Interagency organisation
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| Description |
This is the state department responsible for managing and shaping the future of the transport system in NSW. |
| Commenced Work |
Six months to two years ago |
| Type(s) of HBE Activity |
- Policy development
- Advocacy for healthy built environments
- Research to better understand healthy built environments
- Translating research into policy
- Guidelines for practitioners
- Workplace initiative (e.g. end of trip facilities)
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| Key objectives of HBE activities |
- To reduce pollution from traffic
- To promote active transport (walking, cycling, public transport)
- To improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists
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| The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to getting people active |
- Promoting walking for daily travel / recreation
- Promoting cycling for daily travel / recreation
- Promoting use of public transportation for daily travel
- Improving safety from traffic for pedestrians and cyclists
- Improving connectivity
- Improving accessibility
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| The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to strengthening and connecting communities |
- Influencing the location of facilities within a community to ensure they are convenient, central and clustered with other facilities
- Promoting equitable access to community facilities
- Promoting interaction in public spaces including gardens, town squares, parks and lively streetscapes
- Influencing proximity to places of employment
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| The organisation takes part in the following specific HBE activities |
No specific HBE strategies, research projects, tools -however HBE-related issues arise within certain areas of the transport planning and management portfolio.
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| Target Population |
- General population
- Children
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Older people
- Indigenous people
- People with disabilities
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| Geographic Focus of HBE activities |
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| Website |
http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/ |
