Let’s build a beautiful, liveable and accessible city

Streets Alive Yarra is a resident & ratepayer action group with a vision for thriving neighbourhoods where streets are used by people of all ages, irrespective of whether they choose to walk, cycle, use public transport or drive.

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Election 2024

New councillors will be elected to the City of Yarra in October 2024. We know it can be difficult to sort through all the campaign material – if you’d like some guidance on how much each candidate will support a more beautiful, liveable, and accessible city, read on. As candidates are announced, we will invite them…

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A new vision for Richmond Library

Councillor Landes has suggested “a new vision” for Richmond Library: Vision for Richmond Library. Image source: Cr Landes on Facebook, 7th August 2024. A new vision for a library sounds good – for example it could be interpreted as a call to replicate the success of the North Fitzroy Library, which adjoins a tram-based shopping…

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$1,000 is a great price

The website drive.com.au claimed that $1,000 for an on-street parking permit is an “eye-watering price”. No it isn’t. It’s a great price, far lower than the $4,000 required for commercial parking in Yarra. We all know that on-street parking is under-priced, which creates a black market. The solution is to price parking properly. Image credit:…

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Some of our supporters


Ali Wirtz

Champion for West Clifton Hill.

Marlou

Champion for Richmond High School.

Denali

Champion for Collingwood College.

Saskia

Lisa Byrne

Champion for Brunswick St North.

John Handley

Champion for Brunswick Street.

Crystal Legacy

Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Melbourne.

Thami Croeser

Urban Planner, RMIT University.