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Movement and Place Guides
The state government developed (with help from consultants ARUP and Gehl) three Movement and Place Guides, which were soft launched to industry and councils in 2020, but weren’t formally adopted or released. Streets Alive Yarra obtained them under Freedom of Information in 2022, and have made them available here. Published 20 June 2025
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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 footpaths: Our view Streets Alive Yarra supports the recommendations in the report, i.e. to add protected and separated bike lanes on shopping streets, as well…
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‘Melbourne Shopping Street’ reference design
The image below presents a ‘Melbourne Shopping Street’ reference design, where cars share a lane with trams but are prevented from slowing them down. Parking is re-located to the first 5-10 bays on each side street, with shoppers guided to vacant bays using sensors. Space is re-allocated to bicycle lanes that include level access tram…
