Yarra can learn from Manchester
Walking, cycling and public transport can work well in a large city like Melbourne. An example is greater Manchester, which has a comparable area to greater Melbourne.
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Winner of the Sustainable Urban Mobility award
Greater Manchester recently won the 7th Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) award
Plans to invest 3 billion over 10 years
Greater Manchester plans to invest 1.5 billion pounds (or 3 billion Australian dollars) over 10 years in high quality infrastructure for walking and cycling, because they’ve identified that each dollar invested returns over four dollars in taxpayer benefits:
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Walking and cycling networks
The plan calls for walking and cycling networks of very high quality, across the whole metropolitan area:
![](https://streets-alive-yarra.org/wp-content/uploads/Greater-Manchester-network-planning.jpg)
![](https://streets-alive-yarra.org/wp-content/uploads/Manchester-visualisation-1.jpg)
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Conclusion
Greater Manchester is delivering best practice urban planning across a large metropolitan region – our local (Yarra) and state (Victoria) governments should learn from this example.
How you can help
You can help by appearing on the Streets Alive Yarra website as a champion for your local street, neighbourhood, or school.