Our campaigns

We are campaigning for promoting uptake of EVs in the Inner West including:

● targeting the IWCs ‘EV Encouragement Strategy’ (both helping formulate and monitor its progress)

● providing EV information via our ‘Sustainable Transport for the Inner West’ facebook page and market stalls

● support the implementation of both private and public kerbside EV charging

● and we are monitoring the current rollout to provide feedback to council

We are advocating for public, and active transport throughout the inner west with particular focus on Balmain /Rozelle by

● writing and meeting with both State and local MPs

● making submissions to both Federal and State Governments- New Vehicle Emissions Standards, Transition to EVs, The State Government’s Bus Industry Taskforce Inquiry, and presented to WestConnex NSW Upper House Inquiry.

● advocating to both State and Local government the need for safer speed zones (40-30kph) throughout the inner west. 

● advocating for better cycleways through contributing to surveys, petitions, letters and lobbying state and local members

● identiyfing and recommending improvements and design of cycleways 

● initiating a campaign to evolve and promote plans for active ‘pathways’ from the CBD to Balmain peninsula by liaising with IWC, Bike Leichardt, Inner West Bike Coalition, Ports Authority, Balmain Chamber of Commerce, TfNSW and Placemaking NSW

If you have an EV and you park on the street outside your house, you might need to run a charging cable from your house across the pavement. To do so legally, you need to get a (free) permit from  council. One CCBR member (in Inner West Council) did just that - and here is how he did it. 

***July 2024: Although IWC stopped issuing permits earlier this year, they are once again available,valid up to July 2025.