Democracy Manifest walking tour
DEMOCRACY MANIFEST Fortitude Valley’s schemers, dreamers, rogues and quiet achievers and the places they created. WALKING TOUR BY ROBERT ALLEN + QLD WALKS + BRISBANE LIVING HERITAGE WALKING TOUR Democracy Manifest: the historic underbelly of transport, crime and design in Fortitude Valley Rogues. Dreamers. Quiet achievers. Step into one of Brisbane’s most unexpected moments of […]
Managing E-mobility Use and Protecting Our Communities Amendment Bill 2026
Queensland Walks’ position on the Queensland Government’s proposed e-mobility changes State Development, Infrastructure and Works Committee - Transport and Other Legislation (Managing E-mobility Use and Protecting Our Communities) Amendment Bill 2026 Author’s note: Queensland Walks has been a member of the Department of Transport and Main Roads’ Personal Mobility Devices (PMD) Safety and Parking Advisory Committee, […]
Extreme Heat Awareness Day
Heatwaves are Australia’s deadliest environmental disaster. Climate change is making summers longer and hotter, and heatwaves more dangerous. Our cities are sweltering as the urban heat island effect makes it even hotter. Queensland Walks is teaming up with Sweltering Cities, Australian Red Cross, Cancer Council Queensland and other organisations, experts and other partners across Australia […]
Transport Professionals Association Conference 8 – 11 Sept 2026
SHAPING THE FUTURE, MOVING THE NOW SEE YOU IN MEANJIN | BRISBANE As transport professionals, we face the dual challenge of tackling today’s most pressing issues while preparing for the opportunities and uncertainties of tomorrow. Our theme in 2026, Shaping the future, moving the now, invites us to consider urgent challenges such as congestion, climate change, equity, […]
2026 Funding update
An update from Greg Vann We wish to update our supporters and collaborators that the Department of Transport and Main Roads has recently advised that our funding via the Walking Strategy will not be continued from 2026. While this is obviously disappointing, we appreciate that the Department has to balance many competing funding requests and […]
Café Streets are walkable
What is a Cafe Street and what makes them so walkably cool? There’s something magnetic about a lively café or restaurant street. You arrive on foot and instantly slow down. The footpaths feel welcoming. The smells, sounds and people draw you in. Before you know it, you’re lingering longer than planned, catching up with someone […]
WeWalk online sessions
Are you interested in becoming a champion for walking and walkability? Are you passionate about making your neighbourhood more walkable? Want to learn more about how to support safer, more accessible streets? Queensland Walks is hosting a three-part online conversation series designed to support and connect community members just like you. Whether you’re new to […]
A week without driving (or more)
Join us for a week without driving Monday, September 29 – Sunday, October 5, 2025 Could you go for a week without driving? Maybe you already do! Some of us jump in the car without a second thought, even for short trips to the shops, school or the park. But what if, just for one […]
Road safety still blames the victim
Why messaging still blames the victim in road safety. Now AI is doing it too. When a person who is walking is injured or killed on our roads or on the roadside, the first questions will too often focus on what the pedestrian did wrong. Were they distracted by their phone? Did they cross away […]
I write with a heavy heart on the first day of Qld Road Safety Week
Queensland Road Safety Week | 18–22 August 2025 Pedestrian safety: An urgent call for local government and state government to act As Queensland Road Safety Week begins, I write with a heavy heart. On the weekend, three devastating crashes involving four people occurred on our roads, so tragic that it underscores how urgently pedestrian safety […]