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Parking in Auckland
Auckland Transport have released a discussion paper to promote a discussion with Aucklanders about parking. What is interesting is that most of the content also applies to the City of Yarra. Vision The discussion paper points out that streets are valuable public space, and they have a big impact on how attractive and enjoyable each…
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Parklet pricing
In October 2020, the City of Yarra announced a temporary parklet program, enabling traders to occupy on-street car parking bays with parklets for outdoor dining. Council resolved to not charge any fees during the temporary period. On 2nd February 2021, council resolved to conduct community engagement on the parklet program. On 2nd March 2021, council…
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HER City
On International Women’s Day 2021, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), in partnership with Global Utmaning, published HER City, a guide to sustainable and inclusive urban planning. The guide describes how to involve women and girls in city design: The fight for women enjoying the same basic human rights, opportunities and place in society…
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On equity and social justice
One of Streets Alive Yarra’s values is a commitment to equity and social justice. All of our policy proposals and street designs are based on this value, including our proposals to reform how on-street parking is priced. Examples of our reform proposals can be seen on our better for parking page, including: Converting free, time-limited…
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On equity, affordability and fairness
At the Council meeting on 19th May 2020 Streets Alive Yarra asked two questions about the pricing of parking. The questions and responses can be viewed at: Public Questions Question 1: “When will Council apply Council’s adopted Pricing Policy 2019 to the provision of on-street parking services, including the pricing of parking permits and parking…
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We need to decarbonise transport by 2030
Modelling from the 1point5 project in New Zealand shows that we need to decarbonise transport by 2030. To achieve this, Yarra needs to allocate a lot more money from the annual budget to streets and transport. 1point5 project The 1point5 project is from Paul Winton, who has a PhD in engineering, is a former McKinsey…
