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Tasmania's 20-Year Preventive Health Strategy
SPLH wrote a submission for Tasmania's 20-Year Preventive Health Strategy, but what has preventive health got to do with our built environment?
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Notice of First Annual General Meeting
We are pleased to invite all of Streets People Love Hobart’s supporters to the first Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Streets People Love Hobart Inc. This is a milestone moment for our newly incorporated association. The AGM will formalise our structure, elect our inaugural committee, and set the foundation
Hobart’s Free E-Bike Library Has Launched – And It’s Already a Hit 🚲💨
The Hobart E-Bike Library officially launched this May, and within hours some bikes were booked out for the year. That’s right – Hobartians jumped at the chance to borrow one of six e-bikes available in the library’s free two-week loan program. There's still a
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Wide Turns, Fast Cars, and Forgotten Pedestrians: A Local Look at Dangerous Design
The ultra-wide intersection radius allows for cars to travel faster through them at the expense of pedestrian safety.
Let's build active transport into our daily lives - for our health and our city!
Dr Anna Johnston is a local haematologist, long-time cycling commuter, and spokesperson for Streets People Love Hobart. In this piece, she explores how the way we design our streets impacts our health, drawing lessons from cities around the world. A recent trip to the US reminded me what is
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Collins Street Bike Lanes Public Meeting Speech by Anna Johnston
Anna Johnston from Streets People Love Hobart speaks at the Collins Street bike lane meeting, calling for safer, more inclusive streets. She highlights the need for active transport, sustainable city design, and community-led change.
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Research shows active transport including cycle lanes is good for our health and wellbeing and good for business
Fast forward nearly 50 years and a few local businesses are worried that reducing on-street parking in Collins Street to accommodate a bike lane will be detrimental to their business while ignoring all the evidence that suggests otherwise...
Biking from Kingston
Lauren wrote in to our Instagram and shared a story of her journey in to riding a bike for transport. I live in Kingston and only started riding about a year ago when I bit the bullet and bought an e-bike – now it’s my main form of transport
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Our streets need you!
Your vote is needed at the public meeting attempting to remove bike lanes. Tuesday 25th March. Get your ticket, attend and vote.
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Lift our vision from car parking to become an inclusive, active, heathy and thriving community
Bruce Levett, a Hobart resident and public health advocate, has led Health Consumers Tasmania and serves on the Tasmanian Council of Social Service board. He urges a shift from car parking debates to urban planning that promotes active transport, healthier communities, and thriving local businesses.
4th March Sticker Day
We need a bunch of volunteers to give us 1 - 2 hours of your time before work (7-9am or part of) on Tuesday 4th March to give Hobart's friendly active transport commuters a wave and a sticker! If you haven't already earned yourself a Streets
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Does a two-way bike lane on Collins Street make sense?
Hobart City Council is installing a bike lane along Collins Street - this will consist of one-way bike lanes on each side of Collins Street. But is there any merit to a 'two-way' bike lane on one side only? This post explains why a two-way bike