FAQs
- Lighting upgrades
- Bus interchange enhancements
- Public art
- Wayfinding
- Sightline improvements
- Activation and events
What is Safer Cities Her Way?
The NSW Government’s Safer Cities: Her Way program funds projects that improve public spaces and transport connections for women, girls and gender-diverse people.
What is Bathurst receiving?
Bathurst Regional Council has secured funding to deliver physical improvements and undertake research into how people experience safety in the CBD.
What area is included?
The project focuses on the Bathurst CBD and surrounding streets within approximately 800 metres of the Howick Street Bus Interchange.
What kinds of improvements are being considered?
Potential improvements include:
Who can participate?
Anyone is welcome to share their views, although the project has a particular focus on the experiences of women, girls and gender-diverse people.
How will my feedback be used?
Your feedback will help Council identify priority locations and guide future design and investment decisions.
Is my contribution anonymous?
Yes. Responses will be analysed in aggregate and personal details are optional.
What does gender diverse people mean?
Gender diverse people are individuals who describe their gender identity differently to the legal sex that was assigned to them at birth (also referred to as AGAB, meaning Assigned Gender At Birth). The adjective ‘transgender’ can also describe people who identify with a gender differently to their AGAB. Gender diverse people and transgender people are umbrella terms used in the LGBTIQA+ community and carry underneath them a number of distinct identities each with their own definitions.
For example, a person who uses the term ‘non-binary’ to describe their gender and uses pronouns they/them (or other neo pronouns) is also a transgender person or a gender diverse person – the umbrella descriptor depends on the person’s preference. That is because a non-binary person is someone who does not prescribe to the gender expectations of the gender binary of ‘male’ or ‘female’, and does not use their AGAB to describe their gender identity.
Council welcomes the input of gender diverse and transgender people in this project.
For more information about gender diverse people and appropriate LGBTIQA+ language, please refer to ACON’s language guide:
https://www.acon.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/TGD_Language-Guide.pdf