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 …
The importance of Coppin Street
Coppin Street is a local (non-arterial) street, but has traffic lights at both Swan Street and Bridge Road, allowing safer crossing of these busy arterial roads and connection through to …
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 …
Submission to 26th November 2024 Council Meeting
Streets Alive Yarra offers the following feedback regarding some of the items on the agenda for the 26th November 2024 Council Meeting. Item 7.1 Instrument of Delegation to the Planning …
New councillors
Congratulations to Yarra’s new councillors! We wish them all well and hope that they can all help build a more beautiful, liveable, and accessible city, where every property can be …
Scorecard launched in Herald Sun
Streets Alive Yarra launched our Election 2024 candidate scorecard with an article in the Herald Sun! We’re proud of the guidance we published for the 2020 election; in hindsight we …
Election 2024
New councillors will be elected to the City of Yarra in October 2024. We encourage every voter to meet the candidates in their ward, read their websites and flyers, and …
A new vision for Richmond Library
Councillor Landes has suggested “a new vision” for Richmond Library: A new vision for a library sounds good – for example it could be interpreted as a call to replicate …
AtticusNow report on financial sustainability
The City of Yarra have released the “AtticusNow report” as part of the minutes of the council meeting from 9th July 2024. The report represents two months of work conducted …
$1,000 is a great price
The website drive.com.au claimed that $1,000 for an on-street parking permit is an “eye-watering price“. No it isn’t. It’s a great price, far lower than the $4,000 required for commercial …