Our residential streets can be much better, with more trees, lower speeds and space to relax, meet and socialise.
The first step is to calm residential streets within 30 km/h superblocks, and then gradually invest in greening and place making. The image below shows a proposal for Oxford Street in Collingwood, from the community group Our Streets are not Garages:
Image credit: Our Streets are not Garages
The following image shows a ‘filtered street’ part of a new ‘filtered neighbourhood’ in the City of Manchester, UK.
The following links present suggestions and designs for residential streets:
- Balmain Street
- Canning Street
- Charles Street
- Coppin Street
- Cremorne Street
- Dunn Street
- Gwynne Street
- Lennox Street
- McCutcheon Way
- Park and Vere Streets
- Rose Street
- Station Street
- Stephenson Street
- Studley Street and Yarra Street
- Wellington Street (Cremorne)
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