The City of Greater Geelong has been exploring walkability in an attempt to better cater for the walking dependant population, improve rates of walking in the overall population, and achieve better population health.

This paper introduces the suite of local area indicators compiled during the Transport, Accessibility and Mobility Indicators (TAMI) pilot project in 2006-07 and reflect on the opportunities and barriers encountered in their application to the local planning process.

Whilst we now know much about the value of active transport for physical activity there is less information available on the extent or characteristics of this travel within Australian cities.

Structured around the understanding that children are affected by and can affect their local surroundings, this research used surveys, drawings, and focus group discussions to integrate children’s perspectives into models of pedestrian behaviour.

This paper examines the current state of local policy and practice in active transport in Australia through describing a novel project in Sydney’s Inner West.