The Victorian Parliament’s Road Safety Committee conducted an inquiry into driver distraction, tabling their report in 2006. The committee recommended that an Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) approach be used. The …
The Danish Health Authority has just released a report on how the urban environment impacts physical activity. Summary Their perhaps obvious summary is that high accessibility to physical activity options …
Donald Appleyard’s seminal research into Livable Streets, in the 1960’s and 1970’s, showed that social interaction on residential streets improves when traffic flow is reduced. Streetfilms compiled a video to …
A thought provoking article on post-pandemic travel: We would like to think that at the very least, after the pandemic crisis has passed, people will give more thought to their …
Why is it so difficult to improve infrastructure for walking and cycling? Hear a Councillor from the City of Adelaide (Helen Donovan) discuss the issue with their ex head of …
The City of Yarra will consider a proposed car sharing policy on 16th July 2019. The Council Report shows how crooked thinking has permeated the policy development process, producing a …
The City of Yarra manages 260 kilometres of road pavement in accordance with multiple policies and strategies, including the Local Area Place Making (LAPM) process. The municipality is divided up into 21 …
Safe System is a core part of Australia’s National Road Safety Strategy 2011–2020 and Victoria’s 2013-2022 Victorian Road Safety Strategy. In Victoria, all new major road projects must have a Safe System assessment. …
Previous articles showed that the City of Yarra is facing a parking crunch; and that we are also subsidising the price of on-street parking by ~ $80m per year. This article describes …
Yarra’s on-street parking is full, and it’s only going to get worse. Unless policies are changed, the City of Yarra is facing a parking crunch. Parking is full Yarra has …
