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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. You can read our brief submission by downloading from their website or from our website: In our submission, we stated that inner-city councils are able…
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Driving Reform
The Joint Select Committee on Road Safety presented its final report, Driving Reform: final report for the Inquiry into Road Safety, to the House of Representatives and the Senate on 25 March 2022. Streets Alive Yarra was referenced several times in the report, including our call for stable recurring funding to local government: Which led to Recommendation…
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Making Sydney a cycling city
The Committee for Sydney has published a report “Making Sydney a Cycling City“: The report identifies a 10 step plan, of which steps 1, 2, 3, and 4 are “fund infrastructure”: The report aligns with a similar report from the Committee for Melbourne: Recommendation 15: Create an urban environment which encourages the uptake of active…
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Streets are for everyone
Leading health & research organisations have collaborated to release a consensus statement “Streets are for everyone“: The statement makes three core recommendations: Based on a solid, positive business case: And clear benefits: The statement identifies that council’s are ready but lack funding: Our view Streets Alive Yarra is proud to support the consensus statement. The…
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What Australia wants
The Heart Foundation has released the results of a survey, titled “What Australia Wants“, which is to live locally in walkable neighbourhoods, and to redirect road funding to walking, cycling, and public transport. The report is 118 pages long. Notable results include clear support for: active neighbourhoods redirecting road funding to infrastructure for active transport…
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Road safety grants welcome, but too low
The Victorian Government has announced grants to Councils, offered via the TAC, of up to $100k, to make streets safer for walking and cycling, conditional upon matched 1:1 funding from Council. The Victorian Government is giving local councils across Victoria the chance to receive up to $100,000 for projects focussed on making local roads safer,…
