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 …

Chapel Street design winner

The winner of the Institute of Transportation Engineers Australian & New Zealand design competition for Chapel Street has been announced – congratulations to the team at S.W.E.N.gineers. Design proposal The …

Shopping streets recover from COVID

Writing in The Age newspaper, Simon Johanson reports that Melbourne’s shopping streets are bouncing back from COVID. Our view This is great news, and we suggest that shopping streets could …

Main Street design guide

Village Well, a placemaking consultancy based in Melbourne, has published a design guide for main streets. The guide highlights what makes a great main street, including activity, accessibility, and inclusiveness: …