State government fails on Safe System
The state government Department of Transport (DoT) has released updated speed zoning policy, failing to implement Safe System by refusing to include 30 km/h as a standard option. This policy …
Journal
National Preventive Health Strategy
The Australian Government has released the National Preventive Health Strategy 2021-2030, with a vision to improve the health and wellbeing of all Australians, and a focus on increasing physical activity …
Open Government council trees
Following on from our previous articles on: Open Government, and Open Government – CEO salary, and Open Government – councillor briefings; we suggest that a commitment to Open Government should …
VC204 support for walking and biking
On 9th December the state government gazetted the VC204 amendment to planning schemes, which flows through to Yarra’s Planning Scheme, clearly prioritising support for walking and biking. VC204 gazetted Department …
Open Government councillor briefings
Following on from our previous articles on: Open Government, and Open Government – CEO salary; we suggest that a commitment to Open Government should also include publishing a summary of …
Open Government CEO salary
Following on from our journal article on Open Government, we suggest that when Yarra appoints a new CEO, council should follow the lead of Mornington Peninsula Shire and publish the …
Open Government
Streets Alive Yarra believes that the the City of Yarra should: commit to open government, improve transparency and integrity, and improve planning and service delivery, because this would help build …
Parking in Auckland
Auckland Transport have released a discussion paper to promote a discussion with Aucklanders about parking. What is interesting is that most of the content also applies to the City of …
Smart City
The City of Yarra has adopted a Smart City vision and roadmap: Our view In particular, we’re impressed with the Smart Movement Sensors project, where council has obtained a library …
Grattan Car Plan
The best active transport plan can be a car plan. The Grattan Institute have released ‘The Grattan car plan, practical policies for cleaner transport and better cities‘: Our view Streets …