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Streetwise
In 1993 the Victorian Roadsides Conservation Committee published Streetwise – Creative directions for residential streets. A copy was found by one of our supporters, Cameron Roberts. Ideally, a residential street should be a safe and pleasant place in which to walk or ride a bicycle, as well as providing access for vehicles. When a streetscape…
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Support for trees
Dear Councillors, City of Yarra, I refer to a petition tabled at the council meeting on 16th May 2023, objecting to council’s decision to plant trees in the road reserve (as opposed to on the footpath) in a section of Burnley Street that hosts shops. Streets Alive Yarra’s website acts as a permanent online record…
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Welcome new champion – Mei Yin
Streets Alive Yarra is building an online record of broad community support for walking, cycling, public transport, trees, and place making. One way that we do this is to have locals stand up as champions for their street or neighbourhood. Please welcome our newest champion, Mei Yin – our local champion for Lord Street. The streetscape on Lord Street requires…
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Open Government council trees
Following on from our previous articles on: Open Government, and Open Government – CEO salary, and Open Government – councillor briefings; we suggest that a commitment to Open Government should also including publishing data in a form that can help residents and ratepayers to give feedback on priorities for future investment. For example, consider the…
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Welcome new champion – ACF Inner Melbourne
Streets Alive Yarra is building an online record of broad community support for walking, cycling, public transport and place making. One way that we do this is to have locals stand up as champions for their neighbourhood. Please welcome our newest champion, Don Vogt from ACT Inner Melbourne – our local champion for trees. As a local community volunteers group…
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Population and politics
As Yarra’s population increases by 50% to 2040, our population density will increase, and our local government politics will change to more closely resemble other dense cities, such as New York. A recent article from Transportation Alternatives highlights the majority community support for more space for walking, cycling and trees: Our view Yarra’s population density…
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Urban design guidelines
The Victorian state government published urban design guidelines in 2017, to: support state agencies, local government and the urban development sector to deliver, functional and enjoyable places for people to live, work, and spend leisure time. The guidelines aim to create neighbourhoods that foster community interaction and make it easy for people of all ages…
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New trees in Cremorne, update from The Hive
Thumbs up to Council for planting these trees in Adelaide Street Cremorne. Great work at fitting them around parking, and not obstructing the footpath. We need to keep adding trees to our city. Also, great work from Council on improving the public realm outside The Hive Shopping Centre, on Nicholson Street in Abbotsford. These latest photos…
