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Equality
Streets Alive Yarra’s values are freedom, equality, social justice, responsibility, and a world of beauty. Here we look at how the value of equality should be applied to on-street parking. Equality of access In Australia, every person has equal rights to access most public amenities. Or rather, they should have, but don’t, and it’s our…
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AtticusNow report on financial sustainability
The City of Yarra have released the “AtticusNow report” as part of the minutes of the council meeting from 9th July 2024. The report represents two months of work conducted by the consultant in collaboration with Council Officers, in April and May 2022. In this article, we highlight how the report supports parking reform, which…
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$1,000 is a great price
The website drive.com.au claimed that $1,000 for an on-street parking permit is an “eye-watering price“. No it isn’t. It’s a great price, far lower than the $4,000 required for commercial parking in Yarra. We all know that on-street parking is under-priced, which creates a black market. The solution is to price parking properly. Published 13th…
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Draft Financial Sustainability Strategy
Council is asking for feedback on their draft Financial Sustainability Strategy: Strategic Levers The Draft Financial Sustainability Strategy offers seven Strategic Levers: Notably, the strategy describes the user pays principle: The user pay principle, in the context of local government, is a guiding concept that advocates for individuals or entities benefiting directly from specific services or…
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New York City kerb management action plan
The New York City Department of Transport has released a Kerb (they spell it Curb) Management Action Plan: The plan will reallocate kerb space to a variety of other uses, not just on-street parking for cars: The plan will price on-street parking close to market rates, using demand responsive pricing: Like many other best practice…
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State government supports Yarra’s sports policy
Yarra’s sports (or physical activity) strategy was adopted in September 2021: Council followed up with a draft ‘Action Plan for 2022-2024’ in April 2022: A core part of the strategy is inclusion: Reforms to fees Aligning with the strategy, council proposed reforms to fees in March 2021 that offer higher subsidies to clubs that demonstrate…
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Off-street parking fees in Yarra
The price for off-street parking in Yarra varies by location, up to an average of $4,600 per year in Fitzroy. Pricing was determined by averaging the prices obtained from surveys of parkhound.com, and the websites of commercial parking operators. Published 14th April 2022, updated 15th April 2022 with a bar chart showing prices for 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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Pricing of on-street parking
The Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP) has published a free guide to the pricing of on-street parking, aimed at municipal planners. Parking in cities is not just about vehicle storage: How a city prices—and ultimately manages—parking has direct and indirect effects on how people travel and therefore impacts related issues like congestion, air…
