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Supported by the community as a whole
The City of Yarra has adopted a Road Safety Study Policy which refuses to consider modal filters as a possible treatment, based on the claim that they have “not been supported by the community (as a whole)”. That is the wrong approach. Instead, council should state that: high volumes of traffic reduce the liveability of…
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Welcome new champion – ACF Inner Melbourne
Streets Alive Yarra is building an online record of broad community support for walking, cycling, public transport and place making. One way that we do this is to have locals stand up as champions for their neighbourhood. Please welcome our newest champion, Don Vogt from ACT Inner Melbourne – our local champion for trees. As a local community volunteers group…
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Vancouver’s $400 parking permits
The City of Vancouver prices residential parking permits at $401.13 (Canadian dollars), equivalent to $422 Australian, which is labelled as “Market rate”. This applies to the West End parking zone, an area with high demand: The West End is a mostly residential area close to the central business district, similar to the City of Yarra:…
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Draft Community Engagement Policy
The City of Yarra is asking for feedback on their draft Community Engagement Policy, via Your Say Yarra. Citizens juries We support the draft policy, in particular the proposal for citizens juries, deliberative panels and deliberative budgeting. We believe these methods are the best way to solve systemic issues such as the allocation of street space,…
