Free pizza = free parking
Imagine if the City of Yarra set up a stall on each street, each day, to give away free pizza. Many people would like it. Many parents would stop at …
Faster reforms to parking
A previous article examined Yarra’s existing parking policies, highlighted their inconsistencies, and offered solutions. Most of the proposed solutions require council to update their systems and technologies, such as releasing …
Yarra’s parking policies
The City of Yarra publishes several policy documents on its parking page, including: Parking Management Strategy, dated 2021 Parking Restriction Guidelines, dated March 2020 Parking Permit Policy, dated October 2014 …
Cost of residential parking permits
In November 2018 we described Yarra’s parking crunch – parking is full and it’s getting worse. In December 2018 we followed up with an article suggesting solutions, including using pricing …
Parking permits for teachers
Streets Alive Yarra has made a submission to the City of Yarra, responding to the petition from teachers at Princes Hill Secondary College, asking for free parking permits. The submission …
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, …
Eliminate parking minimums
Streets Alive Yarra has written to Richard Wynne, Victoria’s Planning Minister, asking for the state government to require local government councils to remove parking minimums from their planning schemes, for sites located within Melbourne’s Principle …
Return congestion levy to councils
Streets Alive Yarra has written to Tim Pallas, Treasurer of Victoria, asking for the revenue from the state government congestion levy be returned to the local government councils from whence …
Taming traffic
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) has published a new report Taming Traffic – strategies to reduce driving and prioritize sustainable transportation in cities. The report points out …
Cremorne parking reform
In December 2020 the Victorian Planning Authority published the Cremorne Place Implementation Plan: One of its recommendations is to reform how parking is managed in Cremorne: In response Streets Alive Yarra …