Election 2024
New councillors will be elected to the City of Yarra in October 2024. We know it can be difficult to sort through all the campaign material – if you’d like …
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 …
Inquiry into Local Government funding and services
Streets Alive Yarra made a submission to the Parliament of Victoria’s submission into Local Government funding and services: The inquiry has made submissions public – our submission is number 67. …
Route 86 Tram Corridor Planning
Please give the Department of Transport and Planning your feedback on the location of new accessible tram stops on Gertrude Street and Smith Street. Think about which locations would work …
Annual Plan 2024-25
Council has adopted an Annual Plan for 2024-25, with some valuable initiatives for active transport, trees, and place making, as well as important reforms to on-street parking. We only wish …
Welcome new champion – Matt
Streets Alive Yarra is building an online record of broad community support for walking, cycling, public transport, trees, and place making. One way that we do this is to have locals stand …
What’s coming for parking reform?
Streets Alive Yarra attended a Parking Australia event in Melbourne, which discussed “What’s coming down the road – evolution (or revolution) in parking and mobility technology“. It was great to …
Need for modal filters
Modal filters reduce rat running within residential neighbourhoods by requiring through traffic to stay on state government arterials. Streets Alive Yarra has published a map showing the location of modal …