Draft Transport Action Plan
Council is asking for feedback on their draft Transport Action Plan: The Action Plan is intended to be read in conjunction with the Yarra Transport Strategy and provides “additional information …
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, …
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: …
Help build 1 million homes
Dear M9 Mayors and CEOs, The federal government has asked the states and territories to overhaul their planning and zoning regulations to help build 1 million homes across the country: …
Eliminating the deficit
The council budget for 2022/2023 was adopted last week, with the officer report stating that council is facing a loss in excess of $50 million from COVID: The Municipal Monitor’s …
Parking maximums in West Melbourne
Amendment c385melb has been gazetted by the state government Planning Minister, eliminating parking minimums and imposing parking maximums: Our view Streets Alive Yarra supports the amendment. We’d like to see …
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 …
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 …
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 …