Welcome new champion – Daniel Quin
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 …
Yarra’s parking subsidy 2022
The City of Yarra has about 47,000 on-street car parking bays, which are offered at a subsidised price that is below the market rate. The total annual subsidy can be …
Permanent parklet program in San Rafael
The City of San Rafael (in California, USA) has approved a permanent parklet program, to replace their temporary COVID-19 outdoor dining program. Fees have been set as: US$2,000 application fee …
Eliminating the deficit
The council budget for 2022/2023 was adopted last week, with the officer report stating that council is facing a loss in excess of $50 million from COVID: The Municipal Monitor’s …
Asset Plan 2022-2032
Item 8.3 on the agenda for the council meeting on 23rd June 2022 is consideration of the Asset Plan 2022-2032 and the associated Asset Management Policy 2022. The officer report …
Safe and successful places
Swinburne University of Technology and iMove have published a report Exploring balance between movement and place in designing safe and successful places: Recommendations included separated bike lanes located adjacent to …
City of Melbourne bike lanes
Item 6.9 on the agenda for the 7th June 2022 meeting of the Future Melbourne Committee The City of Melbourne has a duty of care to manage its streets so …
Strong Towns Strategic Plan
The non-profit organisation Strong Towns (based in the USA) has updated their strategic plan, offering good advice for local government in Australia: Their strategic plan describes their principles, including financial …
Welcome new champion – Mei Yin
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 …
M9
The ‘M9’ are a group of Melbourne inner city councils: M9 objectives are to: M9 have identified six strategic priorities, including active transport: Priorities for active transport include funding and …