Parking studies
Area-wide parking studies are one of the ways that council reviews parking restrictions to ensure they are meeting community needs and changing traffic conditions.
These studies are based on extensive neighbourhood consultation. Council officers use them to assess parking needs and issues across one large area. This ensures that any proposed parking restrictions or changes to restrictions will benefit residents and businesses and facilitate traffic flow.
Area-wide parking studies are guided by Council’s Guideline for Allocation of On-street Parking. The guideline states that residents and businesses are Yarra’s priority parking users. Find out more about how council allocates on-street parking.
Undertaking a parking study
An area-wide parking study usually takes four to six months to complete and involves the following steps:
- Informing residents and businesses of Council’s intention to review parking in that designated area.
- Inviting those residents and businesses to voice their parking concerns and issues.
- Undertaking a parking survey of the area.
- Reviewing results and community input.
- Providing feedback and options to residents and businesses.
- Amending the proposed parking plan accordingly.
- Providing further feedback to residents and inviting final submissions.
- Making final changes to the proposed parking plan.
- Notifying residents and businesses of the final parking plan for that area.
- Implementing changes and ongoing monitoring.
Further information:
Grant Kelly
Coordinator, Parking Services
9205 5250
Grant.Kelly@yarracity.vic.gov.au
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