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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 recover faster if they were upgraded to make it easier for people of all ages and abilities, using all modes of transport, to access the…
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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: The guide points out that main streets should be designed for people, provide reasons to visit and stay, and support traders to curate the street:…
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‘Melbourne Shopping Street’ reference design
The image below presents a ‘Melbourne Shopping Street’ reference design, where cars share a lane with trams but are prevented from slowing them down. Parking is re-located to the first 5-10 bays on each side street, with shoppers guided to vacant bays using sensors. Space is re-allocated to bicycle lanes that include level access tram…
