Cars take up more and more space. The pdf designers couldn't even fit them into this frame anymore... Inner West Council has released a draft Parking Strategy and we think it's worth paying attention to — and supporting.
For too long, kerbside parking has been treated as a given. Every metre of kerb devoted to storing a private car is a metre that could be a protected cycleway, a street tree, or a café table. This strategy starts to change that default, and that's a big deal.
The strategy commits to repurposing parking for better community uses, constraining parking in new developments, opposing new road capacity, and using parking revenue to fund transport improvements. Council's own road user hierarchy puts cycling above private vehicles — and this strategy starts to put that into practice.
Bike Marrickville is making a submission asking Council to go further: explicitly linking parking reform to cycleway delivery on arterials like Marrickville Road, Sydenham Road and Addison Road, using reclaimed parking space for traffic calming on local streets, and kerbing the long-term storage of boats, trailers and caravans on public streets.
How you can help
The submission period is open until 25 May. The more voices Council hears in support of this strategy — and in favour of going further on cycling — the harder it is to water down under pressure from those who want to keep the status quo. You can make a submission at yoursay.innerwest.nsw.gov.au. Even a few sentences saying you support the strategy and want to see more protected cycleways funded from parking revenue makes a difference.
For too long, kerbside parking has been treated as a given. Every metre of kerb devoted to storing a private car is a metre that could be a protected cycleway, a street tree, or a café table. This strategy starts to change that default, and that's a big deal.
The strategy commits to repurposing parking for better community uses, constraining parking in new developments, opposing new road capacity, and using parking revenue to fund transport improvements. Council's own road user hierarchy puts cycling above private vehicles — and this strategy starts to put that into practice.
Bike Marrickville is making a submission asking Council to go further: explicitly linking parking reform to cycleway delivery on arterials like Marrickville Road, Sydenham Road and Addison Road, using reclaimed parking space for traffic calming on local streets, and kerbing the long-term storage of boats, trailers and caravans on public streets.
How you can help
The submission period is open until 25 May. The more voices Council hears in support of this strategy — and in favour of going further on cycling — the harder it is to water down under pressure from those who want to keep the status quo. You can make a submission at yoursay.innerwest.nsw.gov.au. Even a few sentences saying you support the strategy and want to see more protected cycleways funded from parking revenue makes a difference.
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