What Australia wants
The Heart Foundation has released the results of a survey, titled “What Australia Wants“, which is to live locally in walkable neighbourhoods, and to redirect road funding to walking, cycling, …
Amendment C269
The City of Yarra is asking for feedback on the proposed Amendment C269 to the Yarra Planning Scheme. Our view We support Amendment C269, because, in our view, it aligns …
Urban design guidelines
The Victorian state government published urban design guidelines in 2017, to: support state agencies, local government and the urban development sector to deliver, functional and enjoyable places for people to …
Support for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
The UK’s leading walking and cycling organisations are backing plans to get more people walking and cycling, via a new report: The report gives 10 reasons to encourage walking and …
Local Government Climate Emergency Toolkit
Version 1.0 of the Local Government Climate Emergency Toolkit has been published: The toolkit helpfully describes different roles in local government, including that of Councillors, the Chief Executive Officer, and …
Investing in cycling and walking to achieve net zero
The City of Yarra has declared a climate emergency – recognising that we all need to do more to reduce our collective carbon emissions. The UK Parliament has an All-Parliamentary …
Councillors for 2021-2024
Streets Alive Yarra congratulates the nine elected councillors for the 2021 to 2024 term, as announced by the Victorian Electoral Commission on Friday 6th November. All nine councillors will have …
Rethinking parking
Parking is an important issue in the City of Yarra, because many people rely on it, and because it takes up so much space. A recent article in Parking and …
NACTO + iRAP
Congratulations to NACTO and iRAP for publishing a supplement to the Global Street Design Guide that includes iRAP star ratings for the before & after street designs. iRAP star ratings …
The trial is the engagement
Strong Towns is an international movement dedicated to making communities financially strong and resilient. Strong Towns publish several podcasts, of which one is Upzoned. A recent episode of Upzoned discussed …