Transport for NSW have developed tools and resources as part of the Safer Cities Program for the Great Places Toolkit. The resources are intended to support practitioners and others involved in planning, managing and creating safe, vibrant and welcoming places and transport hub precincts for all.

The draft resources were on public exhibition from 6 March 2024 to 3 April 2024 to gather feedback. Over the public exhibition period, the resources were downloaded 700+ times from the Have Your Say page.

Overall, feedback on the resources was positive:

• 100% of respondents thought the guide Shaping places together – ideas for co-designing places will be ‘very useful’ or ‘useful’ in supporting the application in co-design.
• 90% of respondents reported that they feel ‘very confident’ or ‘confident’ in identifying opportunities for gender-inclusive placemaking in public spaces after reading the NSW Guide to gender-inclusive placemaking.
• 100% of respondents think that the Community Survey Tool for Public Space and Public Life will be ‘very useful’ or ‘useful’ in collecting information from the community about their perceptions of public spaces.
• 100% of respondents think that the updated Evaluation Tool for Public Space and Public Life will be ‘very useful’ or ‘useful’ in understanding what is working well and what could be changed to improve perceptions of public spaces.
• 80% of respondents think that the Case studies – Ideas for creating places that feel safer for women, girls and gender diverse people is ‘very useful’ in providing ideas and information about how perceptions of safety can be addressed in different ways.

There was strong support for Transport for NSW in undertaking the development of these resources. Participants provided specific suggestions on what could be changed or improved in the resources to make them more useful. More detail on the feedback received, and what changes were made to the resources can be found in the Great Places Toolkit – Engagement Summary.

More information about the Safer Cities program can be found here.

Transport for NSW is seeking your feedback on the draft resources to help shape the finalised documents for release later in 2024. These documents will form the Great Places Toolkit.

The are five draft resources for review:

1. Draft for consultation: Shaping places together - Ideas for co-designing places
2. Draft for consultation: Community Survey tool
3. Draft for consultation: Updated version of the Evaluation Tool for Public Space and Public Life
4. Draft for consultation: NSW Guide to gender inclusive placemaking
5. Draft for consultation: Case studies - Ideas for creating places that feel safer for women, girls and gender diverse people

Tell us what you think

You can provide feedback by completing a survey and/or making a submission.

Insights from your survey or submission will be summarised in an engagement report to be published with the final versions of the resources.

Transport for NSW hosted a webinar on 6 March 2024. The purpose of the webinar was to provide an opportunity to learn more about the draft resources and some approaches in NSW and internationally to create more welcoming and inclusive places for everyone.

You can watch a recording of the webinar here.