Streets & People explores how people in Queensland and around the world get around, especially those who don’t drive.
* People & Projects episodes bring together experts, advocates, and community leaders to discuss trends in active and public transport.
* Not Everyone Drives episodes share the personal stories of those navigating car-dependent towns without a car.
* Road Rules 360 with John Burrill steps through Queensland’s road rules and legal cases, focusing on those walking, cycling, or using mobility aids.
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S3E19 PnP Small Changes Build Better Communities Juan Mullerat
What might children notice about our neighbourhoods that adults have learned to overlook?
Urban designer and planner Juan Mullerat has created a children's book about Sam, a boy who discovers his neighbourhood when the family car breaks down and he has to walk to school. Along the way, he notices a broken kerb preventing his friend who uses a wheelchair from getting through, and decides to do something about it.
In this episode of Streets and People, Juan talks about what happens when we encourage children to look closely at the places around them and recognise that they can have a voice in shaping them.
We explore why planners need to speak in language communities can understand, why listening matters as much as explaining, and why conversations about the future of a neighbourhood are valuable long before a new development arrives.
Juan also shares a lovely detail from his book: an ant ishidden in every illustration. He chose ants because they build communities by working together and helping one another.
His message for children, communities and planners is simple and hopeful: get involved. A small change can make a meaningful difference.
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25 Sept 2026
S3E18 PnP Journeys Not Taken Together With Bridget Doran
What happens to the journeys people want to make, but can’t?
Transport engineer Bridget Doran calls them “trips not made, journeys not taken”. They might never appear in our transport data, yet they can tell us something important about who is able to participate in everyday life and who is being left out.
In this episode of Streets and People, Bridget joins Wendy toexplore accessible transport, disability and the power of lived experience.
They talk about why the stories of people with disabilities matter, how small community groups can build influence by finding common ground with others, and why meaningful change can begin with something as simple as recording what happens on a journey.
Bridget also shares what she has learnt from more than 15 years of working alongside disability advocates, including how one conversation helped change the direction of her own career.
For people trying to make change, Bridget offers an encouraging perspective. You don’t need unlimited time, money or influence. Sometimes your contribution might be telling your story, keeping a notebook, finding an ally, sharing an idea or simply staying interested until you have the opportunity to do more.
And when advocacy becomes tiring, Bridget reminds us to look after the energy that allows us to keep going.
At its heart, this is a conversation about listening to experiences we may otherwise miss, finding people who care about the same things, and recognising that change may already be happening even when we can’t yet see all of it.
As Bridget says, she is “an optimist at heart” and believesthings are going to get better.
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Podcast theme music: Doctor Yes | Yari | Bensound
28 Aug 2026
S3E17 PnP How Place Shapes Who We Are with Jeni Cross
Sometimes, belonging to a place is something you feel beforeyou can put it into words.
In this episode, Jeni Cross explores what happens when theplaces we live, move through and care for become part of who we are. She shares the personal experience that first made her realise how deeply her body could miss a landscape, and the question that changed how she thought about belonging: “Where does the land know you best?”
Jeni talks about what happens when communities grow and familiar places disappear. A local shop can be more than a shop. A market can be more than somewhere to buy food. A garden, a footpath, a creek or a patch of native plants can become a place where people notice one another, help oneanother and build a sense of belonging.
We also talk about the surprising value of reciprocity, through the story of a logger who cuts down trees for an elderly neighbour and receives a homemade blueberry pie in return. The pie is worth far less financially, but that is not what makes the exchange valuable.
Jeni shares stories from her own family, including how heruncles returned from war and spent a year working on the family land and with the animals. We explore what can be lost when people cannot put down roots, and the small ways people can still create connections with place even when they do not own a home.
There are ideas here for all of us: walking, cycling, growingsomething, noticing the seasons, caring for a small patch of land, talking to neighbours, or simply finding somewhere we can contribute.
And for planners, Jeni has a simple message: talk to peopleabout what makes a place special. Then think about how we can protect those qualities and help people connect with each other and with the place they share.
A hopeful conversation about home, belonging, community and the small things we can do to care for the places that care for us.
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Check out our website for more info: https://getaroundcaboolture.au/place-and-community-connection/
Podcast theme music: Doctor Yes | Yari | Bensound
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