Review of the Roads Act 1993
31 October 2025
PWDA appreciates the opportunity to respond to the review by Transport for NSW of the Roads Act of 1993.
Following the recruitment of People with Disability Australia (PWDA) to the Peer Review Advisory Group (PRAG), we recommended reform that would improve the safety and accessibility of roads, streets and related environments for people with disability.
The reforms that have been proposed focus on how local and state government could work, but they do not address the concerns, disabling barriers, or safety risks posed to people with disability by the current operation of the NSW Roads Act of 1993 (the Act).
Unfortunately the PRAG and wider group meetings, options paper and submission guide are not focused on how Model 1, 2 or 3 would achieve a better outcome for people with disability.
PWDA believes that in the current format, the proposed changes have missed the opportunity to encode a requirement of improved accessibility and equity into the reform of the NSW Roads Act. We call for this to be embedded in any final version of reform to the Act.
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