Submission to 8 April 2025 Council Meeting
7.1 Elizabeth Street Bike Lane Trial Update Summary Streets Alive Yarra supports the Officer Recommendation (Option 1) because this delivers a street that can be safely used by people of …
Putting our best foot forward
The Committee for Sydney has published Putting our best foot forward – A checklist for walkable density, which has valuable recommendations that are applicable to the Victoria state government and …
Plan for Victoria
The Victoria state government has released Plan for Victoria – let’s see what impact it will have on Yarra. Housing Target Yarra has been assigned a housing target of 44,000 …
Submission to 11 March 2025 Council Meeting
Streets Alive Yarra offers the following feedback regarding some of the items on the agenda for the 11 March 2025 Council Meeting. 7.1. Extension to existing E-Scooters contract Streets Alive …
How to increase revenue
In the Council meeting on 11 February 2025 (meeting timestamp 1:42:00 to 1:44:00) the Mayor spoke about the budget: We’re banging on about spending a lot of money…So what you …
Open Government 2025
Streets Alive Yarra recommends that the City of Yarra improve transparency and commit to open government, because we believe that this would help build a more beautiful, liveable and accessible city. We …
Melbourne can be Prague
Prague shows us how to redesign city streets, with wider footpaths, trees, and protected bike lanes: Other examples Examples of other cities are also available: https://streets-alive-yarra.org/examples/
Council Plan 2025-29
Streets Alive Yarra offers the following suggestions for the: Council Plan 2025-29 We suggest that the content of the existing Council Plan 2021-25 should be broadly retained, with adjustments to: …
Accelerate GIS
Better decision-making and greater accountability through data Summary Accelerate GIS is a proposal to Council put forward by Streets Alive Yarra – a group of residents who support a more …
New video – Kneen Street
The City of Yarra has added a new piece of active transport infrastructure to improve access between the Capital City Trail and Kneen Street in Fitzroy North. Thanks Council! Published …