Streets Alive Yarra
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Streets Alive Yarra is a resident & ratepayer action group with a vision for thriving neighbourhoods where streets are used by people of all ages, irrespective of whether they choose to walk, cycle, use public transport or drive.
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Here's a suggestion for a pocket park on Rowena Parade, near the corner store. What do you think?
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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.
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Infrastructure Victoria is clear—better connected and safer cycling infrastructure is needed to support more Victorians to ride.
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#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.
Traffic light priority would mean faster trips, more competitive travel times, and even enable more frequent tram services with the current fleet.
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
#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.
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?
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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
youtu.be/G0C1wGawWW8
Vienna's war on parking
YouTube video by DW Planet A
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November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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
youtu.be/G0C1wGawWW8
Do you want better streets? Consider joining Better Streets!
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October 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Do you want better streets? Consider joining Better Streets!
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Have your say on Bridge Road, and the space can best reflect Victoria's Movement & Place Framework:
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October 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Have your say on Bridge Road, and the space can best reflect Victoria's Movement & Place Framework:
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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.
Some people, including some teachers, need to drive and park; it’s a reality that we need to accept, and plan for.
October 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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.
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.
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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.
October 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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
youtu.be/ZcbRSCT9FQE
Access restored to Darebin Creek
YouTube video by Streets Alive Yarra
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October 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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
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.
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.
October 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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.
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)!
October 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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!
October 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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!
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“Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport… in cities that have made them mainstream, the idea of going back to car-clogged streets is considered ridiculous.” (Occasionally, like a stopped clock, they chance across a solid opinion. Didn’t even mention materials)
economist.com/internationa...
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Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
economist.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
“Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport… in cities that have made them mainstream, the idea of going back to car-clogged streets is considered ridiculous.” (Occasionally, like a stopped clock, they chance across a solid opinion. Didn’t even mention materials)
economist.com/internationa...
economist.com/internationa...
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Last chance to encourage the best outcome on Wellington St Cliftin Hill
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Building a safer Wellington Street
Share your thoughts on the options we have developed for Wellington Street, north of Johnston Street, and help us to understand your preferred way forward.
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October 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Last chance to encourage the best outcome on Wellington St Cliftin Hill
yoursayyarra.com.au/building-saf...
yoursayyarra.com.au/building-saf...
Building a safer Wellington Street
Council is asking for feedback on the options they have developed for Wellington Street, north of Johnston Street.
Council is asking for feedback on the options they have developed for Wellington Street, north of Johnston Street.
October 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Building a safer Wellington Street
Council is asking for feedback on the options they have developed for Wellington Street, north of Johnston Street.
Council is asking for feedback on the options they have developed for Wellington Street, north of Johnston Street.
Last day to comment in support of the proposed Mater Street park 🥰 survey.alchemer.com/s3/8440196/R...
October 6, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Last day to comment in support of the proposed Mater Street park 🥰 survey.alchemer.com/s3/8440196/R...
Come on down to the Bicycle Network e-bike expo at the Brunswick Velodrome!
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Come on down to the Bicycle Network e-bike expo at the Brunswick Velodrome!
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Calling all data people! Pls help! 📈📊
AustRoads released their star ratings for road design last week. But some roads that have a high star rating for design for vehicle occupants have really terrible “fatal and serious injury” stats.
I want to know how often these depart, and where.
AustRoads released their star ratings for road design last week. But some roads that have a high star rating for design for vehicle occupants have really terrible “fatal and serious injury” stats.
I want to know how often these depart, and where.
September 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Calling all data people! Pls help! 📈📊
AustRoads released their star ratings for road design last week. But some roads that have a high star rating for design for vehicle occupants have really terrible “fatal and serious injury” stats.
I want to know how often these depart, and where.
AustRoads released their star ratings for road design last week. But some roads that have a high star rating for design for vehicle occupants have really terrible “fatal and serious injury” stats.
I want to know how often these depart, and where.
Today Melbourne Water has released maps showing which properties are at risk of different depths and speeds of floods, if Yarra is exposed to a severe climate induced rain storm.
Such storms dump so much water they overwhelm any drain.
Such storms dump so much water they overwhelm any drain.
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Today Melbourne Water has released maps showing which properties are at risk of different depths and speeds of floods, if Yarra is exposed to a severe climate induced rain storm.
Such storms dump so much water they overwhelm any drain.
Such storms dump so much water they overwhelm any drain.
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Car culture thrives on all-or-nothing thinking.
Dedicate some part of the road to bikes? “You’re basically banning cars.”
Safer speeds? “Oh yeah let’s all travel 5 km/h.”
It’s like asking a child to clean their room and they respond dramatically “so you’re kicking me out? to live on the street?”.
Dedicate some part of the road to bikes? “You’re basically banning cars.”
Safer speeds? “Oh yeah let’s all travel 5 km/h.”
It’s like asking a child to clean their room and they respond dramatically “so you’re kicking me out? to live on the street?”.
Some politicians will say out loud that road deaths are the cost of doing business. MPP Ric Breese at the Bill 212 committee meeting said that we would need to slow cars to 5km/h to avoid all deaths, and of course we can't do that, so "there occasionally will be injuries".
Violent crime is more rare, shocking, headline-grabbing. We treat it as an intolerable aberration from the norm. And we should! But that suggests that road deaths and injuries are the norm and are therefore tolerable. No politician will say that out loud, but watch what they prioritize.
September 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Car culture thrives on all-or-nothing thinking.
Dedicate some part of the road to bikes? “You’re basically banning cars.”
Safer speeds? “Oh yeah let’s all travel 5 km/h.”
It’s like asking a child to clean their room and they respond dramatically “so you’re kicking me out? to live on the street?”.
Dedicate some part of the road to bikes? “You’re basically banning cars.”
Safer speeds? “Oh yeah let’s all travel 5 km/h.”
It’s like asking a child to clean their room and they respond dramatically “so you’re kicking me out? to live on the street?”.
On 23 September 2025 Council’s Planning Decisions Committee (PDC) refused an application for a planning permit mainly on the basis that the proposal failed to provide enough off-street car parking. By rejecting the application, Council sought to protect residents from commuters.
September 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
On 23 September 2025 Council’s Planning Decisions Committee (PDC) refused an application for a planning permit mainly on the basis that the proposal failed to provide enough off-street car parking. By rejecting the application, Council sought to protect residents from commuters.
Interested in an e-bike? Check out the free e-bike expo at Brunswick Velodrome on 4th October, with lots of makes and models to try out!
September 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Interested in an e-bike? Check out the free e-bike expo at Brunswick Velodrome on 4th October, with lots of makes and models to try out!
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WHAT IF WE HAD POLITICAL WILL? Transportation dollars are scarce, but a new progressive mayoral administration can make a big impact without breaking the bank. Here’s my list. 🧵
September 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
WHAT IF WE HAD POLITICAL WILL? Transportation dollars are scarce, but a new progressive mayoral administration can make a big impact without breaking the bank. Here’s my list. 🧵