Great Places Toolkit

The Great Places Toolkit helps bring the principles of the NSW Public Spaces Charter to life through a collection of free resources to support local government, state agencies, industry and the community. The department is developing tools that anyone can use to support planning, managing and creating better and more vibrant cities, towns and neighbourhoods.

Best practice examples when creating great public spaces across NSW.

Guides

Guidance and other evidence to support more, better and activated public spaces.

Practical tools to support evaluation of public space and public life.

Tools

Tools for public space and public life.

Guidance and other evidence to support more, better and activated public spaces.

Case Studies and Research

Best practice examples when creating great public spaces across NSW.

New resources for the Great Places Toolkit

As part of the Safer Cities program, Transport for NSW has developed tools and resources to support anyone who is involved and interested in planning, managing and creating safe, vibrant and welcoming places for all, regardless of their gender. Five draft tools and resources were on exhibition from 6 March 2024 until 3 April 2024.

Feedback from the public exhibition was reviewed and incorporated into the final tools and resources. The new resources have been finalised. You can read more about the feedback on the tools and what has changed in the Great Places Toolkit Engagement summary. 

For more information, download our frequently asked questions.

New ways forward: Creating safer journeys for women, girls and gender diverse people

Transport for NSW hosted a webinar on 6 March for International Women's day 2023. The webinar featured Juma Assiago – Global Coordinator Safer Cities Programme at the UN-HABITAT and Dr. Hannah Tonkin – inaugural NSW Women’s Safety Commissioner as well as program partners.

View a recording of the webinar

Evaluation tool for public space and public life

Hear from Dr. Caroline Butler-Bowdon, Transport for NSW’s Acting Deputy Secretary, Cities and Active Transport, along with representatives from the City of Sydney and Wagga Wagga City Council about their experiences using the Evaluation Tool.

Contact us

For more information, please contact: Revitalisation@transport.nsw.gov.au.