Transport for NSW launches Get Kids Active

Transport’s new Get Kids Active program aims to make it easier, safer, and more fun for kids to walk and ride to school.

The Get Kids Active program is focused on:

• Street improvements around schools for walking and riding
• Amenities for walking and riding at school
• Encouraging walking and riding to and from school.

Get Kids Active initiatives are grounded in real research and engagement insights, including feedback from stakeholders like you.

You can get involved by supporting your council to make a Get Active NSW application for street improvements and a new education initiative prior to 11.00pm on 25 November 2024. Also, look out for bike skills course for primary school kids in Autumn 2025.

A total of $60 million is available to local councils for projects that support walking or bike riding. Of this, $10 million is specifically for projects that make it easier for children walk or ride to primary school, with the remaining funds available for broader active transport projects.

Get NSW Active provides local councils with funding to develop projects that promote active travel, encourage healthy habits, and shift how people view walking and riding as a transport mode. s

How can your council apply? Councils apply via the NSW Grants and Funding websiteNSW Grants and Funding website.

Questions and support

If you have any questions about Get Kids Active or Get NSW Active, contact projects@transport.nsw.gov.au.

The NSW Government wants to make it easier for parents, carers and their children to walk or ride their bikes to school.

Data shows that less than one in four children in NSW currently walk or ride to school. This is a substantial decline compared to previous generations. Making it easier to walk or ride would provide enormous benefits to children, including:

• improved health and self-confidence
• learning how to navigate our streets and public spaces safely
• setting lifelong sustainable travel habits.

Tell us what you think

You can have your say on walking and bike riding to school by completing a survey, taking a quick poll or sharing your ideas. Your feedback will help the NSW Government understand what things would need to change to encourage more parents and carers to walk or ride with their children to school more often.