Sustainable Cities
About Sustainable Cities
The Sustainable Cities Collective is a grassroots movement coordinated by Friends of the Earth Melbourne with support from the Public Transport Users Association. The collective is dedicated to promoting urban sustainability and equitable transportation access. Drawing from a diverse array of community members, activists, and experts, this collective strives to address pressing environmental and social challenges inherent in modern urban landscapes. Emphasizing the need for sustainable transportation solutions, they highlight the detrimental impacts of car-centric infrastructure on public health and urban livability, through community organising to build solutions that are informed by the lived experience of everyday Melburnians.
Better Buses
Better Buses is a sustainable cities campaign, calling on the Victorian state government to transform the bus network in Melbourne’s fast-growing western suburbs to a fast, frequent and connected grid of clean, electric buses running 10-minute frequency all day, every day, and increasing our access to jobs, education, healthcare and to each other!
Sustainable Cities News
- The Better Buses for the West campaign welcomes the commitment from Labor and Liberal to construct the second stage of Melbourne Airport Rail to Keilor East as a sign that the major parties are recognising the infrastructure challenges in the West.
- The bus service improvements announced for 4 October are welcome, but Melbourne’s west needs greater investment in a fast, frequent network that makes everyday journeys easier. Mt Atkinson resident Jaksha Shah said frequent, direct bus connections would give residents more independence and better access to essential services
- MEDIA RELEASE: Political parties bring focus to Melton but neglect low hanging fruit bus commitmentsLabor has committed to a long overdue upgrade for the dangerous Western Freeway, with new off ramps for Thornhill Park, and road widening from Ballarat Road to Ferris Road. This commitment brings the total investment to over $1.5 billion.
- Today, the government opened the brand-new West Tarneit station, increasing access to fast travel from Wyndham to the city, Footscray and Sunshine. Critically, the bus network has been improved with improved services running from day one of the new station.
- 30th July 2026 We congratulate Ben Carroll and Gabrielle Williams on their appointments to state leadership, as we anticipate a new era of service reform priority.