Transport planners have been warning Government for decades. In a very fast growing metropolis we need to facilitate major shifts away from private vehicles to public transport and active transport modes, or suffer the alternative: intolerable congestion, pollution,...
Melbourne City Council this week has committed unprecedented expenditure on safe cycling infrastructure and footpath widening and improvements, in its strongest ever intervention in favour of transport modal shift. On Tuesday, Council unanimously agreed to...
Tuesday 18 December Cr Rohan Leppert writes — This Thursday marks a year to the day since the Victorian Labor Government revealed it had changed the planning rules without any public consultation to facilitate the demolition of the Yarra Building at Federation...
24 April 2018 The Age today has reported on Greens Lord Mayor candidate Rohan Leppert’s plans to protect the gritty, lively nature of the Queen Victoria Market and to change how the market is run. Cr Leppert’s plan for the Queen Victoria Market...
Thursday 21 Dec Yesterday, without warning or a skerrick of public consultation, Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Tourism John Eren announced that the Yarra Building in Federation Square will be demolished to make way for an Apple megastore. The backlash from...
Dec 8, 2017 This week, Council approved an almost-3,000m2 expansion of Gardiner Reserve, North Melbourne. This was a key Greens election promise in 2016 – The Greens election campaign was launched in Gardiner Reserve – and there will be shovels in the...
