A modal filter is a way of improving safety and amenity for people walking and biking, by reducing the volume and speed of motor vehicle traffic on a street. An example is on Albert Street outside Abbotsford Primary School:
The City of Yarra has many modal filters across the municipality:
Bath Street outside Victoria Park
Blanche Street at Punt Road
Bloomburg Street under railway line
Cambridge Street at Peel Street
Canning Street outside Curtain Square
Canning Street outside Carlton North Primary School
Charles Street
Clarke Street outside Good Shepherd Nursing Home
Docker Street near Richmond Terrace
Dwyer Street at Spensley Street
Fenwick Street at Drummond Street
Fergie Street at St Georges Road
Hodgson Street at Gore Street
Johnson Street at Buckingham Street
Jonas Street at Victoria Street
Kent Street at Burnley Street
King William Street outside Sacred Heart Primary School
Laneway south of Buckingham Street
Madden Grove at Coppin Street
Macpherson Street at Canning Street
Mollison Street at Charles Street
Mollison Street at Nicholson Street
Murphy Street at Burnley Street
Murphy Street at Coppin Street
Napier Street outside Fitzroy Primary School
Napier Street outside Atherton Gardens
Napier Street at Alexandra Parade
People walking and biking can travel north-south along Napier Street when it crosses Alexandra Parade, but people driving need to turn off.
Oxford Street at Langridge Street
Otter Street at Smith Street
Page Street outside Clifton Hill Primary School
The modal filter on Page Street was installed in 1977!
Palmer Street
Perry Street at Hoddle Street
Rae Street
River Boulevard
Somerset Street at Davison Street
St David Street at Gore Street
Tait Street at Apperley Street
Valiant Street at Hunter Street
Valiant Street at Paterson Street
Vere Street
In 1975 the City of Collingwood closed Vere Street between Harmsworth Street and Hoddle Street.
William Street
What Yarra can do
The City of Yarra can improve safety and amenity for people walking and biking by building a new modal filter each month. On average, this would add a modal filter to each neighbourhood every two years. At many locations, council can expand the modal filter into a pocket park.