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Transport action plan cancelled
The Transport Action Plan has been cancelled; let’s look at what happened. In 2022 the City of Yarra adopted a Transport Strategy, regarding how we can all move around safely. The strategy sets out the outcomes, strategic direction, and policies to achieve that. In 2024 the City of Yarra adopted a Transport Action Plan, a…
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Cremorne Urban design framework 2026
The updated 2026 version of the Cremorne Urban Design Framework is out, and it looks good! Issues and opportunities Cremorne will continue to see significant growth, which means we need to improve our streets. 30 km/h Implementing a 30 km/h zone across Cremorne will help achieve this [reducing vehicle speeds and traffic volumes] by balancing…
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Submission to 8 September 2026 council meeting
Streets Alive Yarra offers the following feedback on various items on the agenda for the 8 September 2026 Council Meeting. 7.1 One Hour Free Parking Trial 7.2 Review of paid parking introduction in Victoria Park Precinct 7.3 Transport Action Plan 8.2 Yarra Streets 8.3 Management of major construction projects 8.4 Better Bus Services 8.6 Governance,…
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Welcome new champion – vincent
Streets Alive Yarra is building an online record of broad community support for walking, biking, public transport, trees, and place making. One way that we do this is to have locals stand up as champions for their street or neighbourhood. Please welcome our newest supporter, Vincent Ng – our champion for Lennox Street. I care about making streets safer in Yarra…
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Housing targets
The state government has asked the City of Yarra to build 44,000 new homes by 2050. Where will they go? In January 2026 the state government published Planning Practice Note 90: Planning for Housing. It asks councils to use the new Housing Capacity Assessment Platform (HCAP) to estimate housing capacity. If the capacity isn’t enough,…
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Transport for London shows the way
Transport for London have published their 2030 vision for a better, safer street network: In Central London, which in Melbourne would include the City of Yarra, the graphic highlights increased public and active transport, and decreased car use (because they don’t have enough space on their streets for everyone to drive at the same time):…
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New car parking requirements
On 18 December 2025 the state government revised the car parking requirements within council planning schemes across Victoria, to support Action 5 of Plan for Victoria, i.e. to match car and bike parking requirements and bike facilities with demand. For Yarra, notable changes include: Clause 52.06 in Yarra’s Planning Scheme Parking requirements are defined in…
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Flood mapping
Flood mapping was a political issue at the 2024 Council Election, with multiple candidates spreading misinformation. Here’s how we highlighted and summarised the issue before the election: Misinformation about flood mapping (from our Election 2024 page) Flood mapping is an important issue for Streets Alive Yarra because flooding on our streets impacts on how people…
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Submission to 16 December 2025 Council Meeting
Streets Alive Yarra offers the following feedback, regarding some of the items on the agenda. Item 7.3 Intersection Upgrades Streets Alive Yarra supports the officer recommendation to proceed to construction at: We support the officer recommendation to proceed to continue the design work for: We don’t support the officer recommendation to cancel two projects and…
