Tomorrow - join a group photo to protest the drastic narrowing of Elizabeth Street bike lanes:

I’m kicking off a local campaign to support some proposed upgrades to a local rat run which will turn it back into a local street for residents - safer, greener, and quieter. Sign up to show your support, especially if you’re a local. www.nicer-clifton-hill.org?utm_medium=b...

Another way to make this point: Every time an American decides to ride Amtrak instead of drive a car, the US transportation network gets a little safer. NHTSA never says this, but they should.

Great to hear that local authorities are proposing acoustic cameras. Overly loud cars and motorbikes are a major source of noise pollution. www.portphillip.vic....

Did you know that the modal filter on Page Street, outside Clifton Hill Primary School, was installed in 1977? Modal filters are great, and we encourage Council to install more, as part of the Wellington Street traffic calming project.

The state government has asked the City of Yarra to build 44,000 new homes by 2050. Where will they go? Our article takes a look at the new Housing Capacity Assessment Platform (HCAP) and the Access to Opportunities and Services (ATOS) tool, to see the possible impact on Yarra.

Listen in to hear how councillors have performed during their first year at Yarra:

How good are parklets? If you love ❤️ them as much as us, check out this book 📖 launch at Readings!

Great to see a positive campaign gaining momentum for the excellent proposed changes to Wellington Street! yoursayyarra.com.au/building-saf...

The Quarterly Community Report to be presented on Tuesday night shows that Yarra has 201 car sharing vehicles. If we want to create a city that is accessible to all, without the need to own a car, then we need many more car share vehicles; i.e. a target of 2,000, ten times more than we have now.

Is it difficult to find a park near your house? One solution is to change our streets to 'Ticket Zone' so that the system can limit the number of visitor vehicles permitted to park in each street or neighbourhood.

Hey do you want a nicer Wellington Street? Add your name + ask about a lovely corflute 'We’re a bunch of people from Collingwood who would love to enjoy a green, safe + pleasant Wellington St & put an end to 1000s of cars that rat-running through our neighbourhood.' nicer-collingwood.my.canva.site

Report card 2025 A new council was elected in October 2024. Now that a year has passed, let’s look back on who was elected, what scores we had given them, and how they performed for freedom, equality, social justice, responsibility, and a world of beauty.

Collingwood has a shortage of public open space, but there's a proposal to add a little bit more by converting some of Budd Street into a pocket park thanks to local councillor @sophie-wade.bsky.social. @streetsaliveyarra.bsky.social has details below, and... streets-alive-yarra.org/budd-street/

Transport for London shows the way, with their 2030 vision for a better, safer street network:

Good news! The state government has reformed car parking requirements. Let's take a look at what this means for Yarra. youtube.com/shorts/OP-I5...

Good news - expanded public open space coming to Richmond! www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/about-us/new...

We *can* improve our footpaths, e.g. by building narrower and steeper crossover ramps, so drivers slow and look before crossing. Original photo from @jessta on Mastodon, showing new infrastructure in Oakleigh.

"Cities continue to grow, and there is simply not enough space if everyone keeps relying on the car. That reality forces a choice: how do we use the limited space we have? Increasingly, the answer is to give less room to cars and more room to cycling, walking and greenery." youtu.be/gFPbKP6lM9I

The City of Darwin is more advanced than the City of Yarra. It has an Open Data Portal with, as just one example, a map of the parking bays in the inner city.

Yes! This is the way:

Great image from YIMBY Melbourne showing how the state has scrapped mandatory parking minimums for homes near good public transport 👇

Maybe it's time we talked about congestion pricing for the Sydney CBD

Seasons greetings! May your public transport be frequent, fast, uncrowded, on time, affordable, convenient, and accessible to all! 🚉🚌🚋🎄

A wonderful video from The Aesthetic City, offering simple guidelines on how to build beautiful places: youtu.be/0uKnbcJosrE

Yarra's new parking requirements map was gazetted yesterday, you can see the massively beneficial changes, half of Yarra now has maximums instead of minimums, and most of the rest has greatly reduced requirements. This will all help reduce the cost of new housing, offices, and businesses.

Have your say on how trees are trimmed around power lines.

This petition is for Richmond in Melbourne, but I feel that Yarra Council should adopt 30 km/h speed limits all across the City of Yarra. c.org/HkrrX5B76K #Yarra #CarsKill @yarrabike.bsky.social @streetsaliveyarra.bsky.social #auspol

Lovely blog post from Wayfinder Labs; "we need to talk about streets". 🙌

Our submission to the Inquiry into Electricity Supply for Electric Vehicles is now available on the parliamentary website. Have a read!

NY Times guest essay recommends the same thing as us—charge commuters for parking. The revenue can be used to improve access for everyone, it's the right thing to do!

Hugely beneficial changes are coming to Yarra's planning scheme, implemented by the state government, to reduce costly parking mandates, which will act to reduce housing costs and reduce the growth in traffic congestion. 👍 👏 🥰

Lovely to see a new wide, flat, smooth footpath 🥰 this one is on Cremorne Street in Cremorne. Will be even better in a few years as the trees grow!

Lovely to see a new kerb outstand, with bench seating, and plantings still to come 🥰. This one is on Green Street in Cremorne. Thanks Council!

What an amazing Day 1 for the #MetroTunnel ! Thousands of people showed up to see the new stations, ride the trains and have a look around. Everyone I've spoken to had lots of good things to say, with hopes for the improved public transport services that this […] [Original post on aus.social]

Would you like to see less rat-running through Collingwood? If you live in the neighbourhood, some locals are inviting you to sign this open letter (it's not run by Streets Alive Yarra). Check it out: nicer-collingwood.my.canva.site

Here's a suggestion for a pocket park on Rowena Parade, near the corner store. What do you think?

Infrastructure Victoria is clear—better connected and safer cycling infrastructure is needed to support more Victorians to ride.

#Melbourne trams spend a huge amount of their time just waiting for traffic lights. Traffic light priority would mean faster trips, more competitive travel times, and even enable more frequent tram services with the current fleet.

This engagement in Stonnington is a preview of future service reviews in Yarra, e.g. should we cut some of our services, or instead grow our revenue, so we can deliver our aspirations?

It's tough to find a parking spot in Vienna, and they're continuing to reduce the number of spaces! Lots of interesting stuff in this video: youtu.be/G0C1wGawWW8

Do you want better streets? Consider joining Better Streets! betterstreets.cmail19.com/t/t-e-gktlro...

Have your say on Bridge Road, and the space can best reflect Victoria's Movement & Place Framework: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

Let teachers park. Some people, including some teachers, need to drive and park; it’s a reality that we need to accept, and plan for.

Council is conducting a feasibility study for a redevelopment of Richmond Library. This is great news, we suggest that the study should consider beautiful, traditional architecture comprising six stories without setbacks, as can be seen in London and Paris.

This is an awesome report, full of evidence and actionable recommendations to help kids walk to school. We urge Councillors to read it, and follow its recommendations, such as implementing modal filters to reduce the volume and speed of motor vehicle traffic in the neighbourhoods around schools.

Council has restored public access to Darebin Creek, via Old Heidelberg Road, by removing the gates that were built across the road. Thanks Council! youtu.be/ZcbRSCT9FQE

We need to talk about parking Recently, each council meeting has touched on travails of finding parking. It’s a problem that we need to solve, and it’s a problem that’s been in many cities for decades, here’s a still from Dublin in 1969.

Great to see community access restored to Darebin Creek (the gate is gone)!

Are you envious of the 30 km/h zone in Fitzroy and Collingwood? Would you like to see something similar in Richmond? If so, there's something you can do!