Category: Busted Bus Stops
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We met with Charishma Kaliyanda about fixing Liverpool’s Busted Bus Stops
Our Western Sydney Community Campaigners met with the Member for Liverpool, Charishma Kaliyanda about our ongoing Busted Bus Stops advocacy. We know this campaign is incredibly important for communities across hot suburbs who are currently having to wait for the bus at hot, unsheltered stops. We will be meeting with key decision-makers and working with…
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Sydney’s Busted Bus Stops: Read our Campaign Report
Thanks to your dedicated efforts in mapping over 2500 bus stops across, capturing photos of busted stops, and sharing personal stories about the challenges of using unsafe, unsheltered stops, Sweltering Cities has published a report with our key findings and recommendations from the Busted Bus Stops Campaign! Here are some of our results that demonstrate…
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“I’m worried about isolation”: Sue’s story of living in one of Australia’s hottest suburbs
Sue lives in Penrith, one of the hottest suburbs in Australia. As someone who enjoys outdoor hobbies and requires plenty of exercise to manage her chronic illness, Sue worries about the health and wellbeing implications of extreme heat Sue spoke to Sweltering Cities a week following a major heat wave that hit NSW in early…
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Anoop’s Story: Making a Difference Through Volunteering
Anoop Sud is one of Sweltering Cities’ most active supporters in Western Sydney. Our Western Sydney Community Campaigner recently caught up with Anoop and his partner, Neeru. It was great to hear more about his life experiences, his current volunteer work and the changes he’d like to see and work towards in his local community.…
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Our submission to the NSW inquiry into Western Sydney’s transport needs.
In 2023 the NSW Legislative Council is holding an inquiry into the current and future transport needs of Western Sydney. You can read more about the inquiry here. Sweltering Cities made a submission to the inquiry that focusses on our Busted Bus Stops campaign and includes dozens of community comments from our bus stop mapping…
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The worst bus stop in Sydney winner announced!
Congratulations to bus stop 275912 in Erskine Park for being voted the worst bus stop in Sydney! This stop has it all, or should we say ‘has nothing at all’?
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In the hottest suburbs in Sydney 70% of bus stops have no shelter or shade
Hundreds of people have submitted information about their local bus stops through our form or shared their bus stop with us via email or social media. Of the 596 bus stops in our first sample, we found that 70% of stops had no shade, no shelter and no seat!
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Vote for Sydney’s worst bus stop
Each summer on sweltering hot days across Sydney people can be found waiting for the bus in dangerously hot temperatures, with no shelter, no seat, and no shade. In Western Sydney, the hottest region in the city, only a fraction of stops have shelter. We think this needs to change! We have collected 9 of…
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Helen’s story
Recently our Western Sydney Community Campaigner Kim met up with Helen, a Minchinbury resident who has lived locally all her life, brought up her family here and also works in the area. We always appreciate it when our supporters take the time to meet and share their stories with us. Helen shared her perspectives on…
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Sweltering Cities and Sydney Alliance working towards better bus stops!
On Wednesday 16th November, Sydney Alliance Community Organisers gathered to hear about the Sweltering Cities Busted Bus Stop Campaign and talk about how we can join together to win great public transport and less polluted suburbs. Our Western Sydney Community Campaigner Kim took the group through the campaign strategy, shared her own stories and introduced…
