Healthy Streets and Happy Feet: Making Streets People Love

Wednesday 10 September 2025 | 12:00 PM

Is it possible for streets to be healthy places where people want to walk, cycle and spend time while also being easy to drive in?

This seminar will explore the key ingredients for making a street a healthy place and how these can be achieved while supporting necessary travel by car. Join Lucy Saunders as she introduces the ten indicators of a healthy street using a range of examples from Australia and overseas, demonstrating active, welcoming, and accessible streets for all users. Attendees will also learn how to assess streets and identify the next steps for improvement.

Lucy Saunders is a public health specialist and transport planner. She created the Healthy Streets Approach, an evidence-based framework for delivering welcoming streets for all. She works with cities and regions globally to embed new ways of working through strategy, design and communications to systematically shift how streets are designed, managed and used. She has trained hundreds of practitioners, politicians and advocates across Australia to see streets differently and find what they can do now to make them better. She provides expert guidance, ongoing support and free tools to those who are embedding the Healthy Streets Approach in their work.

Getting there

Consider using public transport or active travel. Plan your trip with Translink's journey planner.

Parking may be limited. For metered parking, use the EasyPark app to start, end, and extend your parking direct from your phone to avoid fines. For more information visit City of Gold Coast's Parking page.