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Grattan Car Plan
The best active transport plan can be a car plan. The Grattan Institute have released ‘The Grattan car plan, practical policies for cleaner transport and better cities‘: Our view Streets Alive Yarra supports the plan, particularly: recommendations regarding the subsidy of charging stations for EVs, and not competing with commercial providers of EV charging stations,…
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How to design low-speed zones
The WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities has published an introductory video on how to design effective low-speed zones. Essentially, 30 km/h zones are linked by a coarse grid of higher speed streets. Learn more at: https://streets-alive-yarra.org/30-km-h-superblocks/ https://streets-alive-yarra.org/driving-network/ Published 6th June 2021
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Maintaining driveability
Many of Yarra’s streets are already congested, yet our population is increasing. By 2040, our population is expected to be 50% higher than it is now. Even if only a few of these new residents drive during peak hour, our streets will tip into gridlock. This would be a bad outcome for residents, visitors, workers…
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VicRoads offers words not budget
VicRoads have published a video encouraging us to walk or cycle to school: Presumably, they realise the many people are avoiding public transport at the moment, owing to COVID-19. As schools reopen, if most people who previously used public transport change to driving, then we’ll experience severe traffic congestion. A better response from the State…
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Hierarchy of controls for walking and cycling
The Victorian Parliament’s Road Safety Committee conducted an inquiry into driver distraction, tabling their report in 2006. The committee recommended that an Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) approach be used. The recommendation can be applied broadly to all drivers, and to reduce all types of injuries that occur on our streets. As described by WorkSafe Victoria,…
