Central Coast Council is encouraging residents to have their say on the NSW Government’s $30M Safer Cities program, aimed at improving the safety of women, girls and gender diverse people in public spaces around transport precincts.
Council will receive $1M to develop and pilot safety boosting initiatives so that women and girls experience improved perception of safety on streets, in parklands and at public transport hubs, in partnership with Transport for NSW (TfNSW).
A public education campaign will also be launched this year focusing on improving safety and reducing harassment.
The program will also set a best practice framework for public space interventions for safety.
Whether it’s more lighting, wayfinding, public art, landscaping, education and awareness campaigns or other activations to create safe connections through parks, public places and around transport hubs – the aim is for women, girls and gender diverse people to feel safe to move around their local areas at any time of day.
The program will run over the next 18 months to trial place-based approaches to improving women’s perception of safety travelling to, through and within public spaces and transport hubs.
Transport for NSW is inviting people over 16 years of age to complete a short, anonymous 10-minute survey.
The survey aims to better understand the experiences that affect a sense of safety in and around public spaces and transport hubs.
Have your say by February 8.
Find the survey by searching “safer cities” at haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au.
Source:
Media release, Jan 12
Central Coast Council