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Melbourne’s new Parking Plan
The City of Melbourne has adopted a draft Parking and Kerbside Management Plan, which is now out for community consultation: Most importantly, the draft recognises that on-street parking is subsidised: The draft clearly defines a hierarchy of uses, with safety at the top and parking for residents or commuters down at the bottom: Reflecting the…
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How Yarra can raise $10m per year for safe travel infrastructure
The City of Yarra manages 260 kilometres of road pavement in accordance with multiple policies and strategies, including the Local Area Place Making (LAPM) process. The municipality is divided up into 21 LAPM areas and Officers work with residents and ratepayers to identify how to make best use of our public land (our streets) and where to…
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How to solve Yarra’s parking crunch
Previous articles showed that the City of Yarra is facing a parking crunch; and that we are also subsidising the price of on-street parking by ~ $80m per year. This article describes a way forward – how to introduce the pricing of parking without angering residents, so that the demand for parking can be brought back into…
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Yarra’s parking subsidy
A service is subsidised if the price is kept lower than the market rate. This article compares the price charged by the City of Yarra for a residential annual parking permit with the market rate for parking in Yarra. Price for a residential parking permit in Yarra The City of Yarra charges $38 for an annual…
